開工 (hoi1 gung1) — to start work; to start a project; to g… in Cantonese

hoiˉ¹開gungˉ¹工

简开工

Mandarin Pinyin: kai1 gong1

Meaning of 開工

nounto start work; to start a project; to go into operation; to go on stream; to begin construction

noun(verb) Start working

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街

I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司

I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.

muiˏ₅每fungˎ₄逢singˉ¹星keiˎ₄期lukˍ₆六hoiˉ¹開gung1.工。

Start work every Saturday.

naamˎ₄男gungˉ¹工janˎ₄人hoiˉ¹開gung1.工。

The male worker started working.

laap˗₃擸gaa˗₃架saang1,生，hoiˉ¹開gungˉ¹工laa1.啦。

Grab your tools, let's start working.

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