工役 gōngyì construction work Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents gōngyì construction work · corvée labor 工 gōng nounverb work (bound form) work; productive labor; a job役 yì corvée (bound form) forced labor or an obligatory task required by an authoritygōngyì custodian 工 gōng noun worker (bound form) a worker; a person with a specific skill or trade, such as 木工 mùgōng役 yì servant (bound form) a person who performs menial tasks or is at someone's beck and call