工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 消息 xiāo xi (piece of) news / information / message / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn 部分 bù fen part / portion / piece / Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc) syn 城堡 chéng bǎo castle / rook (chess piece) syn 片子 piàn zi thin flake / small piece syn 艺术品 藝術品 yì shù pǐn art piece / work of art / CL:件[jian4] 枪手 槍手 qiāng shǒu gunman / sharpshooter / sb who takes an exam for sb else / sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 小菜 xiǎo cài appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] syn 曲目 qǔ mù repertoire / program / song / piece of music syn 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc) / surface area / tract of land 棋子 qí zǐ chess piece / CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1] / (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes) syn 齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 连体 連體 lián tǐ conjoined (twins) / one-piece (garment) 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 藏品 cáng pǐn museum piece / collector's item / precious object 修饰 修飾 xiū shì to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar) syn 同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 剧目 劇目 jù mù theatrical piece (play or opera) / repertoire / list of plays or operas syn 出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship syn 连衣裙 連衣裙 lián yī qún a one-piece dress syn 纸片 紙片 zhǐ piàn a piece, scrap or fragment of paper 名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music 润色 潤色 rùn sè to polish (a piece of writing) / to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc) syn 体统 體統 tǐ tǒng decorum / propriety / arrangement or form (of piece of writing) syn 耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently syn 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 佳作 jiā zuò masterpiece / fine piece of writing syn 夹击 夾擊 jiā jī pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn 搭载 搭載 dā zài (of a vehicle) to carry (a passenger or payload) / (of a device or system) to be equipped with (a piece of hardware or software) 信函 xìn hán letter / piece of correspondence (incl. email) 埋头苦干 埋頭苦幹 mái tóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work (idiom) / to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work syn 鸟枪 鳥槍 niǎo qiāng flintlock musket / fowling piece (shotgun) / air gun 谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music) / (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) syn 稿件 gǎo jiàn piece of writing submitted for publication / manuscript / article syn 上工 shàng gōng to go to work / to start work syn 篇幅 piān fu length (of a piece of writing) / space occupied on a printed page syn 谱曲 譜曲 pǔ qǔ to compose a piece of music syn 工种 工種 gōng zhǒng kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc) 习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work 苦功 kǔ gōng hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work 批改 pī gǎi to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing) syn 勤工俭学 勤工儉學 qín gōng jiǎn xué to work part-time while studying / work-study program syn 热土 熱土 rè tǔ homeland / hot piece of real estate syn 夹攻 夾攻 jiā gōng attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks syn 顺口溜 順口溜 shùn kǒu liū popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle 稿酬 gǎo chóu fee paid to an author for a piece of writing syn 左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn 小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn 衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel syn 大义 大義 dà yì righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing syn 献宝 獻寶 xiàn bǎo to present a treasure / to offer a valuable piece of advice / to show off what one treasures 半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study / work-study program syn 误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn 连篇累牍 連篇累牘 lián piān lěi dú (of a piece of writing) long and tedious (idiom) / verbose syn 三通 sān tōng T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links 一纸空文 一紙空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén a worthless piece of paper (idiom) syn 点染 點染 diǎn rǎn to touch up (a piece of writing) / to add details (to a painting) syn 一片 yī piàn piece / slice 部份 bù fen part (of a whole) / piece / section / share / shell (Unix) 占地面积 占地面積 zhàn dì miàn ji floor area / occupied area / footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 海贼王 海賊王 hǎi zéi wáng One Piece (manga and anime) 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 品相 pǐn xiàng condition / physical appearance (of a museum piece, item of food produced by a chef, postage stamp etc) 意见书 意見書 opinion piece 政工 zhèng gōng political work / ideological work syn 贴士 貼士 tiē shì (loanword) tip / hint / suggestion / piece of advice 名篇 míng piān famous piece of writing syn 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 计件工资 計件工資 jì jiàn gōng zī piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资[ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1] 水电工 水電工 shuǐ diàn gōng plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work 赶工 趕工 gǎn gōng to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time 移机 移機 yí jī to relocate a piece of equipment (air conditioner etc) 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 奇文 qí wén remarkable or peculiar piece of writing 油腔滑调 油腔滑調 yóu qiāng huá diào flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech) / glib-tongued / oily syn 虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn 文气 文氣 wén qì the impact of a piece of writing on the reader / gentle / refined 投书 投書 tóu shū to submit a written piece (letter, article, opinion piece etc) syn 拼错 拼錯 pīn cuò to misspell / to piece together incorrectly 块 塊 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units / lump syn 片 piàn thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 syn 篇 piān sheet / piece of writing / bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old) / classifier for written items: chapter, article syn 拼 pīn to piece together / to put together / to pool (resources etc) / to share / to risk all / to go all out / to spell (words) syn 瓜 guā melon / gourd / squash / (slang) a piece of gossip syn 秃 禿 tū bald (lacking hair or feathers) / barren / bare / denuded / blunt (lacking a point) / (of a piece of writing) unsatisfactory / lacking something syn 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 瓣 bàn petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc syn 哽 gěng to choke with emotion / to choke on a piece of food syn 鲠 鯁 gěng to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat syn 扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc) 断片 斷片 duàn piàn fragment / piece / (of a film) to break in the middle of viewing 