客人 kè rén visitor / guest / customer / client / CL:位[wei4] syn 同事 tóng shì colleague / co-worker syn 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord 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 下手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest 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 客房 kè fáng guest room / room (in a hotel) 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 嘉宾 嘉賓 jiā bīn esteemed guest / honored guest / guest (on a show) syn 游客 遊客 yóu kè traveler / tourist / (online gaming) guest player syn 师父 師父 shī fu used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker syn 来宾 來賓 lái bīn guest / visitor syn 贵宾 貴賓 guì bīn honored guest / distinguished guest / VIP syn 工作者 gōng zuò zhě worker syn 客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for 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 电灯泡 電燈泡 diàn dēng pào light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest syn 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care! syn 白领 白領 bái lǐng white-collar / white-collar worker 不速之客 bù sù zhī kè (idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 技工 jì gōng skilled worker 做客 zuò kè to be a guest or visitor syn 留宿 liú sù to put up a guest / to stay overnight 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 见外 見外 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest syn 迎宾 迎賓 yíng bīn to welcome a guest / to entertain a customer (of prostitute) syn 过客 過客 guò kè passing traveler / transient guest / sojourner syn 客栈 客棧 kè zhàn tavern / guest house / inn / hotel syn 留步 liú bù (said by departing guest) no need to see me out 来客 來客 lái kè guest syn 合作者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy syn 报告会 報告會 bào gào huì public lecture (with guest speakers etc) 宾至如归 賓至如歸 bīn zhì rú guī guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home syn 作客 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn 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 目送 mù sòng to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc) 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 客官 kè guān (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc) syn 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 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 座上客 zuò shàng kè guest of honor 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 宾主 賓主 bīn zhǔ guest and host syn 鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] 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) 座席 zuò xí seat (at banquet) / by ext. guest of honor syn 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 客居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest syn 杂工 雜工 zá gōng unskilled worker 小时工 小時工 xiǎo shí gōng hourly worker / hourly job 留客 liú kè to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest 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 主宾 主賓 zhǔ bīn guest of honor / host and guests 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 客 kè customer / visitor / guest / classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food) syn 宾 賓 bīn visitor / guest / object (in grammar) 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 吃请 吃請 chī qǐng to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe) syn 远客 遠客 yuǎn kè guest from afar 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 内宾 內賓 nèi bīn guest from the same country / internal or domestic visitor (as opposed to international guest 外賓|外宾) 