工具

Chinese

		work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	tool; device; utensil tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument
simp. and trad. (工具)		工	具

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gung¹ geoi⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): guung¹ gui⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-khí
• Eastern Min (BUC): gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kang-kū / kang-kī / kang-khū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ gu⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-ciu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjyù
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: gūng-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongjiuh
    • Palladius: гунцзюй (gunczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ geoi⁶
    • Yale: gūng geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: guung¹ gui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵŋ³³ kui³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-khí
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ ki^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ ki³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ kʰi³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /køyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋøy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-kū
    • Tâi-lô: kang-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangku
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaŋ³³ ku⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ku²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-kī
    • Tâi-lô: kang-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kang-khū
    • Tâi-lô: kang-khū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kangqu
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹ gu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang kŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ ku³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kon-ciu
    • MiniDict: kon^平 ciu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-jy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹/

Noun

工具

1. (literally) tool; instrument; implement (Classifier: 件 m)

   書寫工具／书写工具  ―  shūxiě gōngjù  ―  writing implement

   營銷工具／营销工具  ―  yíngxiāo gōngjù  ―  marketing tool

   金融工具  ―  jīnróng gōngjù  ―  financial instrument

2. (figuratively) means; way; tool (Classifier: 個／个 m)

   交流工具  ―  jiāoliú gōngjù  ―  means of communication

   書是傳遞文明的工具。 [MSC, trad.]
   书是传递文明的工具。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shū shì chuándì wénmíng de gōngjù. [Pinyin]

   Books are the way in which civilization is transmitted.

Synonyms

• (tool):

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• 器 (qì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 器具 (qìjù)
• 器物 (qìwù)
• 器用 (qìyòng) (literary)
• 器皿 (qìmǐn)
• 用具 (yòngjù)
• 用器 (yòngqì) (literary)

 

• (means):

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• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 交通工具 (jiāotōng gōngjù)
• 作案工具 (zuò'àn gōngjù)
• 宣傳工具／宣传工具 (xuānchuán gōngjù)
• 工具人 (gōngjùrén)
• 工具包 (gōngjùbāo)
• 工具書／工具书 (gōngjùshū)
• 工具格 (gōngjùgé)
• 工具欄／工具栏 (gōngjùlán)
• 工具箱 (gōngjùxiāng)
• 工具鋼／工具钢 (gōngjùgāng)
• 工具鏈／工具链 (gōngjùliàn)
• 生產工具／生产工具 (shēngchǎn gōngjù)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (工具):

• → Japanese: 工具(こうぐ) (kōgu)
• → Korean: 공구(工具) (gonggu)
• → Vietnamese: công cụ (工具)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
工	具
こう Grade: 2	ぐ Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーぐ [kóꜜògù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɡɯ̟]

Noun

工(こう)具(ぐ) • (kōgu) 

1. tools (especially for craftsmanship or carpentry)

Hypernyms

• 道(どう)具(ぐ) (dōgu)

Hyponyms

• 金(かな)槌(づち) (kanazuchi), 鉋(かんな) (kanna), スパナ (supana), 鏨(たがね) (tagane), 鋸(のこぎり) (nokogiri), 鑿(のみ) (nomi), 半(はん)田(だ)鏝(ごて) (handagote), ペンチ (penchi), やすり (yasuri)

Derived terms

• 工(こう)具(ぐ)鋼(こう) (kōgukō)
• 工(こう)具(ぐ)研(けん)削(さく)盤(ばん) (kōgu kensakuban)

Korean

Hanja in this term
工	具

Noun

工具 • (gonggu) (hangeul 공구)

1. hanja form^? of 공구 (“tool”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
工	具

Noun

工具

1. chữ Hán form of công cụ (“tool; instrument”).