How to say “factory” in Chinese
factory, plant
“Factory” in Chinese is 工厂, gōng chǎng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
工厂 is read gōng chǎng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of a carpenter's square.
Looks like 广 guǎng, just without the dot on top.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “工厂”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 工厂. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我爸爸在一家工厂工作。wǒbàbazàiyìjiāgōngchǎnggōngzuòMy dad works at a factory.
- 目前我在一家工厂工作mùqiánwǒzàiyìjiāgōngchǎnggōngzuòAt present I work at a factory.
- 这家工厂生产手机。zhèjiāgōngchǎngshēngchǎnshǒujīThis factory makes phones.
- 这家工厂制造汽车。zhèjiāgōngchǎngzhìzàoqìchēThis factory manufactures cars.
- 这家工厂专门加工茶叶zhèjiāgōngchǎngzhuānménjiāgōngcháyèThis factory specializes in processing tea leaves.
- 那家工厂去年破产了nàjiāgōngchǎngqùniánpòchǎnleThat factory went bankrupt last year.
More words from the lesson “At the factory”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “factory” in Chinese?
“Factory” in Chinese is 工厂, pinyin gōngchǎng.
What does 工厂 mean?
工厂 (gōngchǎng) means “factory, plant”.
How do you write 工厂?
工厂 is 2 characters: 工 (gōng) — work, labor; 厂 (chǎng) — factory, plant. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 工厂?
工厂 is read gōngchǎng. Tones: gōng — first tone, chǎng — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“factory” in the lesson “At the factory”
This word is from the topic “Profession and plans” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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