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 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 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 六艺 六藝 liù yì the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1] 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 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 文江学海 文江學海 wén jiāng xué hǎi river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom) / ars longa, vita brevis 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 2005-2015年扫盲增能倡议 2005-2015年掃盲增能倡議 Literacy Initiative for Empowerment 2005-2015 / Literacy Initiative for Empowerment 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 脱盲 脫盲 tuō máng to acquire literacy / to throw off blindness 识字率 識字率 shí zì lǜ literacy rate 读写能力 讀寫能力 dú xiě néng lì literacy 世界实验扫盲方桉 世界實驗掃盲方案 World Experimental Literacy Programme 识字维系发展 Literacy Sustains Development 全球文盲问题 quán qiú wén máng wèn tí global literacy challenge 环境扫盲 environmental literacy 成人识字率 adult literacy rate 成人识字和生活技能调查 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 阿拉伯区域扫盲组织 Arab Regional Literacy Organization 阿拉伯扫盲和成人教育组织 Arab Literacy and Adult Education Organization 全国扫盲委员会 National Literacy Commission 国际扫盲工作队 International Task Force on Literacy 普及法律知识 普及法律知識 legal literacy 扫除法盲 掃除法盲 legal literacy 第一次学习 dì yī cì xué xí first literacy 第二次学习 dì èr cì xué xí second literacy 阿拉伯国家农村实用识字区域中心 阿拉伯國家農村實用識字區域中心 Arab States Regional Centre for Functional Literacy in Rural Areas 国际扫盲日 國際掃盲日 International Literacy Day 电子扫盲 電子掃盲 e-literacy e扫盲 e掃盲 e-literacy 生育间隔－粮食补助－妇女识字 生育間隔－糧食補助－婦女識字 family spacing - food supplements - female literacy 男女识字比率 男女識字比率 literacy gender parity index 国际成人扫盲方法研究所 國際成人掃盲方法研究所 International Institute for Adult Literacy Methods 成人识字情况 成人識字情況 adult literacy 妇女教育和识字问题区域会议 婦女教育和識字問題區域會議 regional conference on women's education and literacy 识字评估和监测方桉 識字評估和監測方案 Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme 普及初级教育和扫盲 普及初級教育和掃盲 universal primary education and literacy 妇女识字 婦女識字 female literacy 