帮助 幫助 bāng zhù assistance / aid / to help / to assist syn 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 协助 協助 xié zhù to provide assistance / to aid 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 急救 jí jiù to give emergency treatment / first aid syn 资助 資助 zī zhù to subsidize / to provide financial aid / subsidy syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 援助 yuán zhù to help / to support / to aid / aid / assistance syn 救助 jiù zhù to help sb in trouble / aid / assistance syn 师父 師父 shī fu used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker syn 辅助 輔助 fǔ zhù to assist / to aid / supplementary / auxiliary syn 救护 救護 jiù hù to rescue / to administer first aid syn 济 濟 jì to cross a river / to aid or relieve / to be of help syn 捐助 juān zhù to donate / to offer (aid) / contribution / donation syn 工作者 gōng zuò zhě worker syn 人道主义 人道主義 rén dào zhǔ yì humanism / humanitarian (aid) 临时工 臨時工 lín shí gōng temporary worker / temp / temporary work syn 输血 輸血 shū xuè to transfuse blood / to give aid and support 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 胶布 膠布 jiāo bù adhesive plaster / band-aid / rubber tape / rubberized fabric syn 援救 yuán jiù to come to the aid of / to save / to rescue from danger / to relieve syn 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 助听器 助聽器 zhù tīng qì hearing aid 邦迪 bāng dí Bondi (name) / Band-Aid (loanword) 合作者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy syn 图解 圖解 tú jiě illustration / diagram / graphical representation / to explain with the aid of a diagram 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 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 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 打抱不平 dǎ bào bù píng (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice / to fight for justice syn 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 消食 xiāo shí to aid digestion 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 助力 zhù lì to help / to aid / assistance 扩音机 擴音機 kuò yīn jī amplifier / loudspeaker / hearing aid syn 社工 shè gōng social work / social worker 农工 農工 nóng gōng agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism) 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 自养 自養 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) 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 法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid 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 配戴 pèi dài to put on / to wear (mouthguard, contact lenses, hearing aid etc) syn 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 司马光 司馬光 sī mǎ guāng Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴 资治通鉴 資治通鑒 zī zhì tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls 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 自慰器 zì wèi qì sex toy / masturbation aid 杂工 雜工 zá gōng unskilled worker 小时工 小時工 xiǎo shí gōng hourly worker / hourly job 赈济 賑濟 zhèn jì to give relief aid syn 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 援 yuán to help / to assist / to aid syn 管工 guǎn gōng plumber / pipe-worker 急救箱 jí jiù xiāng first-aid kit syn 男工 nán gōng male worker 急救站 jí jiù zhàn emergency desk / first aid office 拯 zhěng to raise / to aid / to support / to save / to rescue syn 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 赈 賑 zhèn to provide relief / to aid 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 裨 bì to benefit / to aid / advantageous / profitable 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 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 缓不济急 緩不濟急 huǎn bù jì jí lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom) / slow measures will not address a critical situation / too slow to meet a pressing need 