Chinese symbol for “factory”
工厂
gōng chǎng
Traditional: 工廠
factory; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for factory is 工厂 (gōng chǎng), defined as: factory; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “factory”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 厂 (廠) | chǎng | factory; yard |
| 厂家 (廠家) | chǎng jiā | factory; manufacturer; (coll.) a factory owner; the factory management |
| 厂子 (廠子) | chǎng zi | (coll.) factory; mill |
| 厂房 (廠房) | chǎng fáng | a building used as a factory; factory (building); measure word: 座 (zuò), 栋 (dòng) |
| 制造厂 (製造廠) | zhì zào chǎng | manufacturing plant; factory |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 工厂.
| 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 |
| 厂商 (廠商) | chǎng shāng | manufacturer; producer |
| 发电厂 (發電廠) | fā diàn chǎng | power plant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “factory”.
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.