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 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married 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 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 技工 jì gōng skilled worker 居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) 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 合作者 hé zuò zhě co-worker / collaborator / also collaborator with the enemy syn 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 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 舰载 艦載 jiàn zài shipboard (radar system etc) / ship-based / carrier-based (aircraft) 杂役 雜役 zá yì odd jobs / part-time worker syn 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 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 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 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 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 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 管工 guǎn gōng plumber / pipe-worker 男工 nán gōng male worker 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. 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 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 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 回家 huí jiā to return home syn 家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home syn 根据 根據 gēn jù according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 家园 家園 jiā yuán home / homeland syn 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 请便 請便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home. syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 卡门 卡門 kǎ mén Carmen (name) / Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3] 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home syn 归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to / home / final destination / ending 专访 專訪 zhuān fǎng to interview (a particular person or on a particular topic) / special interview / special report based on such an interview 屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home) syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 劳埃德 勞埃德 láo āi dé Lloyd (name) / Lloyd's (London-based insurance group) 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 主页 主頁 zhǔ yè home page 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 