HSK 5 · Work

工程师 gōngchéngshī “engineer” in Chinese

Traditional 工程師

What 工程师 means

  1. engineer

How to say 工程师

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale程chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale师shī1st tone, high and level

工程师 in a sentence

  1. 我决定当个工程师。

    Wǒ juédìng dāng ge gōngchéngshī.

    I’ve decided to become an engineer.

    Sentence #9965667 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 工程师告诉我们如何使用机器。

    Gōngchéngshī gàosu wǒmen rúhé shǐyòng jīqì.

    The engineer told us how to use the machine.

    Sentence #336609 from Tatoeba

  3. 我父亲是个电子工程师。

    Wǒ fùqīn shì ge diànzǐ gōngchéngshī.

    My father is an electronics engineer.

    Sentence #864316 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 工程师 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 程 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
程chéngrule
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 呈to petition · chéngSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 呈 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

The character 师 (shī) with each of its parts in a different colour
师shīteacher
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 帀to rotate

How to write 工程师

工 3 strokes · 程 12 strokes · 师 6 strokes

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

Words related to 工程师

Words with 工

工作gōngzuò · to work工作日gōngzuòrì · working day工资gōngzī · wages工厂gōngchǎng · factory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

Words with 程

过程guòchéng · course of events课程kèchéng · course日程rìchéng · schedule程序chéngxù · procedures程度chéngdù · degree章程zhāngchéng · regulations启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)里程碑lǐchéngbēi · milestone

Words with 师

老师lǎoshī · teacher律师lǜshī · lawyer师傅shīfu · master师范shīfàn · teacher training

More words: Work & Career

单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)改革gǎigé · reform工人gōngrén · worker工业gōngyè · industry合同hétong · (business) contract合作hézuò · to cooperate

FAQs

工程师 (gōngchéngshī) means “engineer”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngchéngshī: gōng with a 1st tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone, then shī with a 1st 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, 工程师 is written 工程師. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongchengshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 工程师 from the suggestions. Typing gongchengshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
工程师 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.