同事 tóng shì colleague / co-worker syn 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 工人 gōng rén worker / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] syn 师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 师父 師父 shī fu used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker syn 工作者 gōng zuò zhě worker syn 临时工 臨時工 lín shí gōng temporary worker / temp / temporary work syn 劳力 勞力 láo lì labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force syn 白领 白領 bái lǐng white-collar / white-collar worker 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 技工 jì gōng skilled worker 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 蓝领 藍領 lán lǐng blue-collar / blue-collar worker 合作者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy syn 钟点工 鐘點工 zhōng diǎn gōng hourly worker / hourly job 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project 工蜂 gōng fēng worker bee 劳动者 勞動者 láo dòng zhě worker / laborer syn 义工 義工 yì gōng volunteer worker / volunteer work 同人 tóng rén people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc syn 工友 gōng yǒu odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker syn 杂役 雜役 zá yì odd jobs / part-time worker syn 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 社工 shè gōng social work / social worker 短工 duǎn gōng temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker syn 劳模 勞模 láo mó model worker syn 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 劳动模范 勞動模範 láo dòng mó fàn model worker syn 农民工 農民工 nóng mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) 农妇 農婦 nóng fù peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker syn 打工妹 dǎ gōng mèi young female worker 金领 金領 jīn lǐng gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker 产业工人 產業工人 chǎn yè gōng rén industrial worker 炊事员 炊事員 chuī shì yuán cook / kitchen worker syn 司炉 司爐 sī lú stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine) syn 研究人员 研究人員 yán jiū rén yuán research worker / research personnel 文员 文員 wén yuán office worker / clerk 技术工人 技術工人 jì shù gōng rén skilled worker / journeyman 科技工作者 kē jì gōng zuò zhě worker in science and technology 下岗工人 下崗工人 xià gǎng gōng rén dislocated worker 作 zuō (bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person) syn 环卫工人 環衛工人 huán wèi gōng rén sanitation worker 建筑工人 建築工人 jiàn zhù gōng rén construction worker / builder 青工 qīng gōng young worker (esp of the CCP) 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 杂工 雜工 zá gōng unskilled worker 小时工 小時工 xiǎo shí gōng hourly worker / hourly job 社会工作者 社會工作者 shè huì gōng zuò zhě social worker 河工 hé gōng river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker syn 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn 管工 guǎn gōng plumber / pipe-worker 男工 nán gōng male worker 老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn 招嫖 zhāo piáo (of a sex worker) to solicit customers 白衣战士 白衣戰士 bái yī zhàn shì warrior in white / medical worker syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 农药 農藥 nóng yào agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 农产品 農產品 nóng chǎn pǐn agricultural produce 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn 农机 農機 nóng jī agricultural machinery syn 合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative / workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc syn 良田 liáng tián good agricultural land / fertile land syn 农学 農學 nóng xué agricultural science 中国农业银行 中國農業銀行 zhōng guó nóng yè yín háng Agricultural Bank of China 退耕還林 退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 退耕还林 退耕還林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 农业机械 農業機械 nóng yè jī xiè agricultural machinery 农产品市场 農產品市場 nóng chǎn pǐn shì chǎng Agricultural market 农业机械化 農業机械化 nóng yè jī xiè huà agricultural mechanization 农膜 農膜 nóng mó agricultural plastic, used largely for creating greenhouses 南京农业大学 南京農業大學 nán jīng nóng yè dà xué Nanjing Agricultural University 农区 農區 nóng qū agricultural areas / farming areas 粮 糧 liáng grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain syn 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 奴工 nú gōng slave labor / slave worker 蝼蛄 螻蛄 lóu gū mole cricket / Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest) syn 螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 驽马恋栈 駑馬戀棧 nú mǎ liàn zhàn lit. a worn-out horse is reluctant to leave the stable (idiom) / fig. a mediocre worker clings to a good position 农业推广人员 農業推廣人員 nóng yè tuī guǎng rén yuán agricultural extension worker / agricultural extensionist 八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker 替工 tì gōng replacement worker / substitute worker 村级工作人员 cūn jí gōng zuò rén yuán village-level worker / village worker / village agent 计票员 計票員 jì piào yuán poll worker / electoral worker 农业统计工作组 nóng yè tǒng jì gōng zuò zǔ Inter-American Statistical Institute (IASI) / FAO Working Group on Agricultural Statistics / Working Group on Agricultural Statistics 亚太农业工程与机械中心 United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery / Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery 农业过境点 農業過境點 nóng yè guò jìng diǎn agricultural crossing / agricultural passageway 农场门 農場門 nóng chǎng mén agricultural crossing / agricultural passageway 半劳动力 半勞動力 bàn láo dòng lì one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker syn 厂工 廠工 chǎng gōng factory / factory worker 灰领 灰領 huī lǐng gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer 社工人 shè gōng rén social worker 团结工会 團結工會 tuán jié gōng huì Solidarity (Polish worker's union) 知识工程师 知識工程師 zhī shi gōng chéng shī knowledge worker 