化工

Traditional form:

化工

Pinyin (reading):

huàgōng

Definitions:

• chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業／化学工业 (huàxuègongyē))
• chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程／化学工程 (huàxuègongchēng))

Characters:

• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker

Traditional characters:

• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
• 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker