Definition
工程 refers to either the engineering field (e.g., civil engineering) or a specific engineering project. It is more concrete and technical than 事业 (shì yè), which means 'cause, career, undertaking' in a broader, social/institutional sense. For the academic discipline, use 工科 (gōng kē).
noun
engineering (as a field)projectundertaking
Measure word · 个, 项
Examples
- 工程。Tā xué de zhuānyè shì tǔmù gōng chéng.His major is civil engineering.
- 工程，。Zhè xiàng gōng chéng fēicháng zhòngyào, bù néng chū cuò.This project is very important; there can be no mistakes.
- 工程。Gōngsī zhèngzài zuò yí gè dà gōng chéng.The company is working on a big project.
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