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 自愿 自願 zì yuàn voluntary syn 随意 隨意 suí yì as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious 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 自行 zì xíng voluntary / autonomous / by oneself / self- 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 志愿服务 zhì yuàn fù wù volunteer service / voluntary service 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 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 自愿平行调任方桉 自願平行調任方案 voluntary lateral reassignment programme / voluntary reassignment programme 自愿实物捐助 自愿實物捐助 zì yuàn shí wù juān zhù voluntary contribution in kind / voluntary contribution-in-kind 自愿回归 自願回歸 voluntary return / voluntary repatriation 自愿回返 自願回返 voluntary return / voluntary repatriation 自愿遣返 自願遣返 voluntary return / voluntary repatriation 国际海事组织成员国自愿审计计划 國際海事組織成員國自願審計計劃 Voluntary International Maritime Organization Member State Audit Scheme / Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme 减少天然气放空燃烧和泄漏全球自愿标准 減少天然氣放空燃燒和泄漏全球自願標準 Global Gas Flaring and Venting Reduction Voluntary Standard / Voluntary Standard for Global Gas Flaring and Venting Reduction 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 自愿性 自願性 zì yuàn xìng voluntary 协助地雷行动自愿信托基金 Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action 自愿减排措施 voluntary measure 国家自愿陈述 guó jiā zì yuàn chén shù national voluntary presentation 世界气象组织志愿援助方案 shì jiè qì xiàng zǔ zhī zhì yuàn yuán zhù fāng àn World Meteorological Organization Voluntary Assistance Programme 自愿基金财务细则 zì yuàn jī jīn cái wù xì zé Financial Rules for Voluntary Funds 安全与人权自愿原则 Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights 联合国当代形式奴隶制问题信托基金 United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery 自愿捐助 zì yuàn juān zhù voluntary contribution 世界自愿接受外科避孕手术联合会 World Federation for Voluntary Surgical Contraception 志愿机构 zhì yuàn jī gòu voluntary agency 自愿咨询检测 zì yuàn zī xún jiǎn cè voluntary counselling and testing 自愿和可持续回归议定书 Protocol on Voluntary and Sustainable Returns 联合国人权领域技术合作自愿基金 United Nations Voluntary Fund for Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights 联合国裁军宣传方桉自愿信托基金 聯合國裁軍宣傳方案自願信托基金 Voluntary Trust Fund for the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme 欧洲促进青年跨国长期志愿服务公约 European Convention on the Promotion of a Transnational Long-term Voluntary Service for Young People 世界裁军自愿信托基金 shì jiè cái jūn zì yuàn xìn tuō jī jīn World Disarmament Voluntary Trust Fund 自愿合作方案基金 zì yuàn hé zuò fāng àn jī jīn Voluntary Cooperation Programme Fund 联合国志愿人员组织特别自愿基金 Special Voluntary Fund of the United Nations Volunteers 特别志愿人员基金 Special Voluntary Fund