Chinese symbol for “duplex”
双工
shuāng gōng
Traditional: 雙工
(telecommunications) duplex
The closest CC-CEDICT match for duplex is 双工 (shuāng gōng), defined as: (telecommunications) duplex.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “duplex”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跃层 (躍層) | yuè céng | duplex (apartment) |
| 双拼 (雙拼) | shuāng pīn | two-item combo (usu. referring to a food dish, esp. two types of meat served with rice or noodles); (real estate) duplex; semi-detached |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 双工.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 双方 (雙方) | shuāng fāng | bilateral; both sides |
| 双手 (雙手) | shuāng shǒu | both hands |
| 双重 (雙重) | shuāng chóng | double |
| 双眼 (雙眼) | shuāng yǎn | the two eyes |
| 双向 (雙向) | shuāng xiàng | bidirectional; two-way |
| 双边 (雙邊) | shuāng biān | bilateral |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “duplex”.
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.