Chinese symbol for “plastering”
瓦工
wǎ gōng
tiling; bricklaying; plastering
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plastering is 瓦工 (wǎ gōng), defined as: tiling; bricklaying; plastering.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瓦工.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓦解 | wǎ jiě | to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up |
| 瓦斯 | wǎ sī | gas (loanword) |
| 千瓦 | qiān wǎ | kilowatt |
| 瓦特 | wǎ tè | (loanword) watt |
| 瓦砾 (瓦礫) | wǎ lì | rubble; debris |
| 兆瓦 | zhào wǎ | megawatt |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plastering”.
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.