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加工 (jiā gōng) — to process, to work on (raw materials, parts, or data)

Definition

加工 is 'to process/work on' raw materials, parts, or data in a factory or technical sense. Contrast with 处理 (broader 'handle/deal with' problems or matters) and 提炼 ('extract and refine' essence, oil, ore).

verb
to processto work on (raw materials, parts, or data)

Examples

  • 加工。
    Wǒ men xū yào jiā gōng zhè xiē shuǐ guǒ.
    We need to process these fruits.
  • 加工。
    Tā zài gōng chǎng lǐ fù zé jī xiè jiā gōng.
    He is in charge of mechanical processing in the factory.
  • 加工。
    Zhè xiē shù jù xū yào jìn yí bù jiā gōng.
    This data needs further processing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

加jiāadd
工gōngwork

加 means add and 工 means work, together meaning to put extra work into processing.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

加 pairs 力 and 口. In one explanation 力 is strength and 口 is the mouth, meaning exaggeration; in another 力 is plowing effort and 口 is breath or exclamation, meaning extra effort.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 5HSK 2.0 Level 6Industry & Manufacturing

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