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 (Jyutping): gung¹ geoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-khí
• Eastern Min (BUC): gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kang-kū / kang-kī / kang-khū

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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/
• 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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (工具):

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

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Japanese

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

Noun

工(こう)具(ぐ) • (kōgu) 

1. tools (especially for craftsmanship or carpentry)

Hypernyms

• 道具 (どうぐ)

Hyponyms

• 金槌 (かなづち), 鉋 (かんな), スパナ, 鏨 (たがね), 鋸 (のこぎり), 鑿 (のみ), 半田鏝 (はんだごて), ペンチ, やすり

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Korean

Hanja in this term
工	具

Noun

工具 • (gonggu) (hangeul 공구)

1. hanja form^? of 공구 (“tool”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
工	具

Noun

工具

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