Chinese word

工作时间

Pronunciation

Pinyingōng zuò shí jiān

Meaning

  • nounworking hours

Example

我的工作时间是上午九点到下午五点。wǒ de gōng zuò shí jiān shì shàng wǔ jiú diǎn dào xià wǔ wú diǎn

My working hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Illustration for 工作时间 (working hours)

More examples

请在工作时间内来电，我们会尽快回复。qǐng zài gōng zuò shí jiān nèi lái diàn wǒ men huì jǐn kuài huí fù

Please call during working hours, and we will reply as soon as possible.

Core concept

A measure of a person's work-related time that may be planned in advance, extended, or divided across the day.

Common phrases

  • 标准工作时间biāo zhǔn gōng zuò shí jiān

    standard working hours

  • 每周工作时间měi zhōu gōng zuò shí jiān

    weekly working hours

  • 在工作时间内zài gōng zuò shí jiān nèi

    during working hours

Similar words

上班时间shàng bān shí jiān: The time spent at work during a stated daily work period.
营业时间yíng yè shí jiān: The time during which a store or facility is open for business.
办公时间bàn gōng shí jiān: The time when an office is open for normal business or customer service.
工时gōng shí: The number of work hours recorded for labor and work-time management.

Definition in Chinese

指个人在某一时段内为完成工作任务而付出的时间，既可表示固定的上班钟点，也可表示因工作需要而延长或分散的实际工作时数。zhǐ gè rén zài mǒu yì shí duàn nèi wèi wán chéng gōng zuò rèn wù ér fù chū de shí jiān jì kě biǎo shì gù dìng de shàng bān zhōng diǎn yě kě biǎo shì yīn gōng zuò xū yào ér yán cháng huò fēn sàn de shí jì gōng zuò shí shù

Word origin

工作时间 (gōngzuòshíjiān, "working hours") comes from 工作 (gōngzuò, "work") + 时间 (shíjiān, "time"), with the compound naming the time associated with completing work.

Usage tips

  • The English word "hours" can suggest a count, while the Chinese noun also works for a time span or schedule, so context shows whether the focus is a timetable or time actually spent working.

Other meanings

  • hours workednoun

Opposites

  • 休息时间xiū xī shí jiānrest timenoun
  • 业余时间yè yú shí jiānleisure timenoun

Related words

  • 工作时间表gōng zuò shí jiān biǎowork schedulenoun
  • 法定工作时间fǎ dìng gōng zuò shí jiānstatutory working hoursnoun

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