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 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 胜任 勝任 shèng rèn qualified / competent (professionally) / to be up to a task syn 合格 hé gé to meet the standard required / qualified / eligible (voter etc) syn 称职 稱職 chèn zhí well qualified / competent / to be equal to the task / able to do sth very well 够格 夠格 gòu gé able to pass muster / qualified / apt / presentable 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 后继有人 後繼有人 hòu jì yǒu rén (idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking 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) 师资 師資 shī zī qualified teacher syn 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 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 后继无人 後繼無人 hòu jì wú rén to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking 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 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 有资格 有資格 yǒu zī gé to be entitled / to qualify / to be qualified 中心语 中心語 zhōng xīn yǔ qualified word 另请高明 另請高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng please find sb better qualified than me (idiom) 承乏 chéng fá to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.) 适格 適格 shì gé to be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law) 有保留意见 qualified opinion 最合格的人选 最合格的人選 best-qualified candidate 合格的审计员 合格的審計員 qualified auditor 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 厂工 廠工 chǎng gōng factory / factory worker 灰领 灰領 huī lǐng gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer 社工人 shè gōng rén social worker 团结工会 團結工會 tuán jié gōng huì Solidarity (Polish worker's union) 知识工程师 知識工程師 zhī shi gōng chéng shī knowledge worker 外籍劳工 外籍勞工 wài jí láo gōng foreign worker 做手 zuò shǒu to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer 佣妇 傭婦 yōng fù maid / female servant / domestic worker / domestic helper / housekeeper 勤劳者 勤勞者 qín láo zhě worker 库尔德工人党 庫爾德工人黨 kù ěr dé gōng rén dǎng Kurdistan Worker's Party (PPK) 徒工 tú gōng apprentice / trainee worker syn 性工作 xìng gōng zuò employment as sex worker / prostitution 救护人员 救護人員 jiù hù rén yuán rescue worker 月工 yuè gōng worker employed by the month 玉人 yù rén a jade worker / a jade statuette / a beautiful person / (term of endearment) 白奴 bái nú white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited) 研修员 研修員 yán xiū yuán research worker / researcher 