HSK 5 · Objects

工具 gōngjù “tool” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 工具 means

  1. tool
  2. instrument
  3. utensil
  4. means (to achieve a goal etc)

How to say 工具

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale具jù4th tone, falling

工具 in a sentence

  1. 给我们工具，我们会完成工作。

    Gěi wǒmen gōngjù, wǒmen huì wánchéng gōngzuò.

    Give us the tools and we’ll finish the job.

    Sentence #336868 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你会需要一个特殊的工具来做这件事。

    Nǐ huì xūyào yí ge tèshū de gōngjù lái zuò zhè jiàn shì.

    You’ll need a special tool to do this.

    Sentence #1314166 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 电脑是一种现代工具。

    Diànnǎo shì yì zhǒng xiàndài gōngjù.

    A computer is a type of modern tool.

    Sentence #6150901 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 工具 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 具 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
具jùtool
  • 目eye · mù
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

How to write 工具

工 3 strokes · 具 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 工具

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手工shǒugōng · handmade工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer

Words with 具

家具jiājù · furniture具备jùbèi · to possess具体jùtǐ · specific玩具wánjù · plaything文具wénjù · stationery (pens

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地毯dìtǎn · carpet洞dòng · cave肥皂féizào · soap钢铁gāngtiě · steel管子guǎnzi · tube光盘guāngpán · compact disc (CD)柜台guìtái · sales counter灰尘huīchén · dust

FAQs

工具 (gōngjù) means “tool” or “instrument”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngjù: gōng with a 1st tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 工具 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 工具 from the suggestions. Typing gongju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
工具 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.