The Chinese word 工作服 (gōngzuòfú), meaning "work uniform" or "overalls," is a compound noun formed through semantic combination, where two independent morphemes are joined to create a new, specific meaning. The first component, 工作 (gōngzuò), means "work" or "job," and the second, 服 (fú), is a shortened form of 衣服 (yīfu), meaning "clothing." The structure follows a logical modifier-head relationship common in Chinese, where "work" (工作) modifies and specifies the type of "clothing" (服), directly and transparently resulting in the meaning "clothing for work."