gōng chéng shī
engineer
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我的父亲是一位工程师。
Wǒ de fùqīn shì yī wèi gōngchéngshī.
My father is an engineer.
工程师正在设计新产品。
Gōngchéngshī zhèngzài shèjì xīn chǎnpǐn.
The engineer is designing a new product.
工程师们正在建造一座新桥。
Gōngchéngshīmen zhèngzài jiànzào yī zuò xīn qiáo.
The engineers are building a new bridge.
工程技术人员 (gōngchéng jìshù rényuán)
engineering technician
技师 (jìshì)
technician
工人 (gōng rén)
worker
技师 (jì shī)
technician
The Chinese word 工程师 (gōngchéngshī) for "engineer" is a compound of two characters: 工程 (gōngchéng) and 师 (shī). 工程 literally means "public works" or "engineering project", and is composed of the characters 工 (gōng), meaning "work" or "labor", and 程 (chéng), meaning "process" or "procedure". 师 (shī) means "teacher" or "master", and is often used as a suffix to indicate a person who is skilled in a particular field. Thus, 工程师 literally means "a person who is skilled in engineering projects", or simply "engineer". The term 工程师 is commonly used in China to refer to professionals who work in the field of engineering, including civil engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and so on.
