Chinese

Noun

工場

1. a workshop; an atelier; a factory

Synonyms

• 作坊 (zuōfang)

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) こうじょ​う [kòójóꜜò] (Nakadaka - [3])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːd͡ʑo̞ː]

• Jūbakoyomi
• (Tokyo) こうば​ [kòóbáꜜ] (Odaka - [3])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːba̠]

Noun

工場 ‎(hiragana こうじょう, romaji kōjō, historical hiragana こうぢやう) (alternative reading hiragana こうば, romaji kōba)

1. a factory; a workshop; a mill; a plant
   • 1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “帰リ道その２ [The Way Home 2]”, in ショート・プログラム [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-121882-2, page 271:

     ここにはでっけえ工 (こう)場 (じょう)ができんだよ。あっちの空 (あ)き地 (ち)はデパート、屋上 (おくじょう)は遊 (ゆう)園 (えん)地 (ち)になるんだって父 (とう)ちゃんいってたぜ。

     Koko ni wa dekkē kōjō ga dekinda yo. Atchi no akichi wa depāto, okujō wa yūenchi ni narundatte tō-chan itteta ze.

     There will be a factory over here. And a department store on that empty lot over there, with an amusement park on the rooftop. My dad told me so.

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198601972