The Chinese word **施工** (shīgōng) is a verb-object compound formed by combining the character **施** (shī), meaning "to carry out" or "to execute," with the character **工** (gōng), meaning "work" or "construction." Literally, it means "to carry out work" or "to implement construction," and it specifically refers to the act of performing construction or engineering work on a site, such as building, repairing, or installing infrastructure according to a plan. It is a standard term used in engineering, architecture, and project management to denote the active phase of physical construction.