Chinese symbol for “construction”
施工
shī gōng
construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for construction is 施工 (shī gōng), defined as: construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “construction”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 建构 (建構) | jiàn gòu | to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations); to set up |
| 土木 | tǔ mù | building; construction |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 施工.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 实施 (實施) | shí shī | to implement; to carry out |
| 措施 | cuò shī | measure; step |
| 设施 (設施) | shè shī | facilities; installation |
| 施行 | shī xíng | to put in place; to put into practice |
| 基础设施 (基礎設施) | jī chǔ shè shī | infrastructure |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
See also: Japanese symbol for “construction”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.