加工 jiāgōng to process
to process; processing; working (of machinery)
How to remember 加工: 加 to add + 工 work = to process.
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How it is used
- To process raw material into a finished product - 加工食品 (jiāgōng shípǐn) processed food; 来料加工 (láiliào jiāgōng) processing supplied materials.
- Also figurative: 这条新闻被加工过 (zhè tiáo xīnwén bèi jiāgōng guò) this news has been 'worked over'/embellished.
- Industrial/commercial register; the noun 加工厂 (jiāgōngchǎng) is a processing plant.
Example sentences
- 他把旧家具加工了一下。 Tā bǎ jiù jiājù jiāgōngle yíxià.He reworked some old furniture.