上工

shànggōng
  1. to go to work
  2. to start work

CEDICT

to start work; to go to work

Wiktionary

  1. 技藝高超的工人。
  2. 良醫。
  3. 開始工作。

重編國語辭典

Examples

我整天在農場上工作。

I worked on the farm all day.

Source: Tatoeba

喬治在一個大農場上工作。

George works on a big farm.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
2 工 gōng
  1. work
  2. worker
  3. skill
  4. profession
  5. trade
  6. craft
  7. labor

Related entries

上班 shàngbān
  1. to go to work
  2. to be on duty
  3. to start work
  4. to go to the office
你在上班嗎？

Are you working?

Source: Tatoeba

出勤 chūqín
  1. to go to work
  2. to be present (at work, school etc)
  3. to be away on business
首先，我们检查出勤情况。

Firstly, let's check the attendance.

Source: Tatoeba

返工 fǎngōng
  1. to do poorly done work over again
  2. (Guangdong dialect) to go to work