工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn 上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn 下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc) syn 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 议程 議程 yì chéng agenda / agenda item 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship syn 进取 進取 jìn qǔ to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda syn 耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 埋头苦干 埋頭苦幹 mái tóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work (idiom) / to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work syn 上工 shàng gōng to go to work / to start work syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 工种 工種 gōng zhǒng kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc) 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work 苦功 kǔ gōng hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 勤工俭学 勤工儉學 qín gōng jiǎn xué to work part-time while studying / work-study program syn 左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study / work-study program syn 误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 政工 zhèng gōng political work / ideological work syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 水电工 水電工 shuǐ diàn gōng plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work 赶工 趕工 gǎn gōng to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 议事日程 議事日程 yì shì rì chéng agenda 事 shì matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] syn 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 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 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 活 huó to live / alive / living / work / workmanship syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior syn 不行 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable syn 家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] syn 合作 hé zuò to cooperate / to collaborate / to work together syn 家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn 侦探 偵探 zhēn tàn detective / to do detective work syn 家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 作品 zuò pǐn work (of art) / opus / CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1] syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 干活 幹活 gàn huó to work / to be employed syn 工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor syn 没事儿 沒事兒 méi shì r to have spare time / free from work / it's not important / it's nothing / never mind syn 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) syn 作业 作業 zuò yè school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL:個|个[ge4] / to operate syn 术 術 zhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 活儿 活兒 huó r work / (lots of) things to do syn 效劳 效勞 xiào láo to serve (in some capacity) / to work for syn 义务 義務 yì wù duty / obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]) / volunteer (work etc) syn 做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL:個|个[ge4] 拼命 pīn mìng to do one's utmost / with all one's might / at all costs / (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it syn 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 操作 cāo zuò to work / to operate / to manipulate 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 健身 jiàn shēn to exercise / to keep fit / to work out / physical exercise 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 锻炼 鍛煉 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself syn 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 创作 創作 chuàng zuò to create / to produce / to write / a creative work / a creation syn 处女 處女 chǔ nǚ virgin / maiden / maiden (voyage etc) / virgin (land) / (a novelist's) first (work) syn 共事 gòng shì to work together syn 做事 zuò shì to work / to handle matters / to have a job syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 实习 實習 shí xí to practice / field work / to intern / internship syn 办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs) / to work syn 业务 業務 yè wù business / professional work / service / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job syn 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 艺术品 藝術品 yì shù pǐn art piece / work of art / CL:件[jian4] 