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工具

gōng jù · gong ju

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. tool
  2. instrument
  3. utensil
  4. means (to achieve a goal etc)
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The toolbox

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)能(néng)和(hé)我(wǒ)一起(yīqǐ)修(xiū)旧(jiù)自行车(zìxíngchē)吗(ma)？

    Dengdeng, can you fix the old bike with me?

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，工具(gōngjù)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Sure. Where are the tools?

  3. Liangliang

    在(zài)工具箱(gōngjùxiāng)里(lǐ)，可是(kěshì)里面(lǐmiàn)只有(zhǐyǒu)一个(yīgè)工具(gōngjù)。

    In the toolbox, but there is only one tool inside.

  4. Dengdeng

    只有(zhǐyǒu)一把(yībǎ)勺子(sháozi)？这(zhè)是(shì)工具(gōngjù)吗(ma)？

    Just a spoon? Is that a tool?

  5. Liangliang

    昨晚(zuówǎn)我(wǒ)用(yòng)它(tā)开(kāi)罐头(guàntou)了(le)。

    Last night I used it to open a can.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

检(jiǎn)点(diǎn)一(yí)下(xià)工(gōng)具(jù)，看(kàn)有(yǒu)无(wú)丢(diū)失(shī)。

Check the tools and see if anything is missing.

Tatoeba: Chinese by megamanenm · English by megamanenm · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)知(zhī)道(dào)怎(zěn)样(yàng)使(shǐ)用(yòng)这(zhè)些(xiē)命(mìng)令(lìng)行(háng)工(gōng)具(jù)吗(ma)？

Do you know how to use these command line tools?

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by sysko · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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工
gōng

work; worker

具
jù

tool; device

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