夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor syn 功夫 gōng fu skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort syn 手册 手冊 shǒu cè manual / handbook 手工 shǒu gōng handwork / manual syn 人工 rén gōng artificial / manpower / manual work syn 工会 工會 gōng huì labor union / trade union / CL:個|个[ge4] 讨好 討好 tǎo hǎo to get the desired outcome / to win favor by fawning on sb / to curry favor with / a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor syn 人力 rén lì manpower / labor power syn 劳动 勞動 láo dòng work / toil / physical labor / CL:次[ci4] syn 手动 手動 shǒu dòng manual / manually operated / manual gear-change 工夫 gōng fu period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort syn 劳工 勞工 láo gōng labor / laborer syn 说明书 說明書 shuō míng shū (technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:本[ben3] syn 结晶 結晶 jié jīng to crystallize / crystallization / crystal / crystalline / (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc) syn 劳力 勞力 láo lì labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force syn 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship syn 把头 把頭 bǎ tóu labor contractor / gangmaster syn 分工 fēn gōng to divide up the work / division of labor 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) syn 劳动力 勞動力 láo dòng lì labor force / manpower syn 产房 產房 chǎn fáng delivery room (in hospital) / labor ward 阵痛 陣痛 zhèn tòng labor pains / (fig.) distress caused by a disruptive change 苦工 kǔ gōng hard labor (in penal code) / coolie syn 劳改 勞改 láo gǎi abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造[lao2 dong4 gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp) syn 物力 wù lì physical resources (as opposed to labor resources) syn 引产 引產 yǐn chǎn to induce labor (childbirth) 痴心妄想 癡心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom) / to labor under a delusion / wishful thinking syn 童工 tóng gōng child labor 手工艺品 手工藝品 shǒu gōng yì pǐn manual crafts 活路 huó lu labor / physical work syn 劳教所 勞教所 láo jiào suǒ correctional institution / labor camp 劳役 勞役 láo yì forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor syn 推拿 tuī ná tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy) 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 包工头 包工頭 bāo gōng tóu chief labor contractor 劳教 勞教 láo jiào reeducation through labor syn 省力 shěng lì to save labor / to save effort syn 抵债 抵債 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor syn 工党 工黨 gōng dǎng worker's party / labor party 差役 chāi yì forced labor of feudal tenant (corvée) / bailiff of feudal yamen syn 粗活 cū huó unskilled labor / heavy manual work 催生 cuī shēng to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby / (obstetrics) to induce labor / to expedite childbirth / (fig.) to be a driving force in bringing sth into existence syn 临盆 臨盆 lín pén at childbirth / in labor syn 苦役 kǔ yì forced labor / corvée / penal servitude 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 劳资 勞資 láo zī labor and capital / workers and capitalists 脑力劳动 腦力勞動 nǎo lì láo dòng mental labor / intellectual work 劳动合同 勞動合同 láo dòng hé tong labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions 体力劳动 體力勞動 tǐ lì láo dòng physical labor syn 人民团体 人民團體 rén mín tuán tǐ people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization 手动挡 手動擋 shǒu dòng dǎng manual gear change / shift stick 劳动教养 勞動教養 láo dòng jiào yǎng reeducation through labor 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 产期 產期 chǎn qī time of birth / period of labor / lying-in 待产 待產 dài chǎn (of an expectant mother) to be in labor syn 劳务市场 勞務市場 láo wù shì chǎng labor market 劳动保险 勞動保險 láo dòng bǎo xiǎn labor insurance 国际劳动节 國際勞動節 guó jì láo dòng jié May Day / International Labor Day (May 1) 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 劳委会 勞委會 láo wěi huì labor committee / abbr. for 勞動委員會|劳动委员会 价值量 價值量 jià zhí liàng magnitude of value / labor value (in economics, the labor inherent in a commodity) 役使 yì shǐ to put to work (servant or animal) / to make use of for labor syn 国际劳工组织 國際勞工組織 guó jì láo gōng zǔ zhī International Labor Organization 徭役 yáo yì forced labor / corvee syn 劳 勞 láo (bound form) to toil / labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4]) syn 役 yì forced labor / corvée / obligatory task / military service / to use as servant / to enserf / servant (old) / war / campaign / battle syn 催产 催產 cuī chǎn to induce labor / to expedite childbirth syn 苦活 kǔ huó bitter work / sweated labor syn 剥削者 剝削者 bō xuē zhě exploiter (of labor) 卖力气 賣力氣 mài lì qi to make a living doing manual labor / to give sth all one's got 五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3] 散工 sǎn gōng day labor / piece-time work 半脱产 半脫產 bàn tuō chǎn partly released from productive labor / partly released from one's regular work 脂膏 zhī gāo fat / grease / riches / fortune / fruits of one's labor syn 劬 qú labor 繇 yáo folk-song / forced labor syn 劳动改造 勞動改造 láo dòng gǎi zào reeducation through labor / laogai (prison camp) syn 奴工 nú gōng slave labor / slave worker 抵账 抵賬 dǐ zhàng to repay a debt in kind or by labor syn 手动变速器 手動變速器 shǒu dòng biàn sù qì manual gearbox / manual transmission 精神障碍诊断和统计手册 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders / Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 采购手册 United Nations Procurement Manual / Procurement Manual 国际收支与国际投资头寸手册 國際收支與國際投資頭寸手冊 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, Sixth Edition / Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual 联合国维持和平训练手册 聯合國維持和平訓練手冊 United Nations Peacekeeping Training Manual / Peacekeeping Training Manual 联合国行动支助手册 聯合國行動支助手冊 United Nations Operational Support Manual / Operational Support Manual 行动支助手册 行動支助手冊 United Nations Operational Support Manual / Operational Support Manual 维持和平行动部航空手册 維持和平行動部航空手冊 Department of Peacekeeping Operations Aviation Manual / DPKO Aviation Manual 联合国海洋法公约技术问题手册 聯合國海洋法公約技術問題手冊 Manual on technical aspects of the United Nations Convention of the law of the sea / TALOS manual 海洋法技术问题手册 海洋法技術問題手冊 Manual on technical aspects of the United Nations Convention of the law of the sea / TALOS manual 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 五七干校 五七幹校 wǔ qī gàn xiào May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 bu4 Xue2 xiao4]) 五七干部学校 五七幹部學校 wǔ qī gàn bù xué xiào May 7 Cadre School (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校[Wu3 Qi1 Gan4 xiao4]) 做生活 zuò shēng huó to work / to do manual labor 变工 變工 biàn gōng to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources) 劳动营 勞動營 láo dòng yíng labor camp / prison camp with hard labor 诱导分娩 誘導分娩 yòu dǎo fēn miǎn to induce labor (i.e. childbirth) / labor induction 手交 shǒu jiāo handjob / manual stimulation 手控 shǒu kòng manual control 