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竣工 (jùn gōng) — to complete (a construction project, a large-scale work)

Definition

竣工 specifically means a construction project is finished and ready for use. Use it for buildings, roads, bridges — not abstract tasks (use 完毕 for that).

verb
to complete (a construction project, a large-scale work)

Examples

  • 竣工。
    Zhè zuò dà lóu jiāng yú jīn nián nián dǐ jùn gōng.
    This building will be completed by the end of this year.
  • ，竣工。
    Gāo sù gōng lù xiū jiàn le sān nián, zhōng yú jùn gōng le.
    The highway was under construction for three years and is finally completed.
  • 竣工，。
    Xīn tǐ yù guǎn jùn gōng hòu, kě yǐ jǔ bàn dà xíng bǐ sài le.
    After the new gymnasium is completed, large competitions can be held.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

竣jùncomplete
工gōngwork

竣 means completed, and 工 names the work or project, so the word says that a project is finished.

Characters in this word

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
立立lì
Sound part声符shēngfú
夋
夋qūn竣jùn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape 竣 pairs 立 as the meaning part with 夋 as the sound part.

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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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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