Chinese symbol for “engineer”
工程师
gōng chéng shī
Traditional: 工程師
engineer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for engineer is 工程师 (gōng chéng shī), defined as: engineer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “engineer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 策划 (策劃) | cè huà | to plot; to scheme |
| 机械师 (機械師) | jī xiè shī | mechanic; engineer |
| 灰领 (灰領) | huī lǐng | gray collar; specialist |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 工程师.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 工具 | gōng jù | tool; instrument |
| 工人 | gōng rén | worker; 个 (gè),名 (míng) |
| 员工 (員工) | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
See also: Japanese symbol for “engineer”.
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.