工位 (gōng wèi) — workstation | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

workstation

Measure word · 个

工位。
Wǒ de gōng wèi zài chuāng hu páng biān.
My workstation is by the window.
工位。
Gōng sī gěi měi gè yuán gōng pèi le yí gè xīn gōng wèi.
The company equipped each employee with a new workstation.
工位，。
Nǐ bǎ gōng wèi zhěng lǐ yí xià, kàn qǐ lái tài luàn le.
Tidy up your workstation — it looks too messy.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

位wèiposition

工 says work and 位 says a position, so together a place assigned for work.

Characters in this word

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.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

立lì位wèi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

位 combines 人 (man), related to people, with 立, which gives the sound. It was often simply written as 立.