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车工 (chē gōng) — lathe work; turner; lathe operator

Definition

noun
lathe workturnerlathe operator

Examples

  • 车工。
    Tā shì yì míng yǒu jīng yàn de chē gōng.
    He is an experienced lathe operator.
  • 车工。
    Zhè ge líng jiàn xū yào chē gōng lái jiā gōng.
    This part needs lathe work to be machined.
  • 车工。
    Chǎng lǐ zhāo le sān gè xīn chē gōng.
    The factory hired three new turners.

Origin

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.

车chēlathe
工gōngworker

The sense of 车 lathe joins 工 worker to mean a lathe operator; it can also name the work.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

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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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