开工 Traditional form: 開工 Pinyin (reading): kāigōng Definitions: to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) to start a construction job Characters: 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker Traditional characters: 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin 工 - labor, work; laborer, worker