HSK 5 · Places

工厂 gōngchǎng “factory” in Chinese

Traditional 工廠

What 工厂 means

  1. factory

Measure word 家 jiā or 座 zuò · 一家工厂 yì jiā gōngchǎng

How to say 工厂

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale工gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale厂chǎng3rd tone, dipping

工厂 in a sentence

  1. 我父亲在工厂工作。

    Wǒ fùqīn zài gōngchǎng gōngzuò.

    My father works at a factory.

    Sentence #2255509 from Tatoeba

  2. 这家工厂生产汽车配件。

    Zhè jiā gōngchǎng shēngchǎn qìchē pèijiàn.

    This factory makes car parts.

    Sentence #2599865 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那个工厂开除了很多工人。

    Nà ge gōngchǎng kāichú le hěn duō gōngrén.

    That factory laid off a lot of workers.

    Sentence #8798306 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 工厂 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 工 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
工gōngwork
  • 一one · yī
  • 丄above · shàng

Memory aidDrawn from a builder’s tool: work.

The character 厂 (chǎng) drawn as one shape
厂chǎngfactory

厂 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 工厂

工 3 strokes · 厂 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

工厂 (gōngchǎng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 工厂 (gōngchǎng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 工厂

Words with 工

工作gōngzuò · to work工作日gōngzuòrì · working day工资gōngzī · wages打工dǎgōng · to work a casual or part-time job工人gōngrén · worker工业gōngyè · industry员工yuángōng · employee工具gōngjù · tool手工shǒugōng · handmade工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer

More words: Places & Geography

大厦dàshà · large building地区dìqū · region电台diàntái · radio station隔壁gébì · next door公寓gōngyù · apartment building广场guǎngchǎng · public square胡同hútòng · lane家乡jiāxiāng · hometown

FAQs

工厂 (gōngchǎng) means “factory”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngchǎng: gōng with a 1st tone, then chǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 工厂 is written 工廠. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 家 (jiā) or 座 (zuò). For example, one factory is 一家工厂 (yì jiā gōngchǎng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongchang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 工厂 from the suggestions. Typing gongchang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
工厂 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.