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 蚂蚁 螞蟻 mǎ yǐ ant 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 白蚁 白蟻 bái yǐ termite / white ant 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 穿山甲 chuān shān jiǎ pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater 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 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 红火蚁 紅火蟻 hóng huǒ yǐ fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China 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 蚁 蟻 yǐ ant syn 管工 guǎn gōng plumber / pipe-worker 蚁后 蟻後 yǐ hòu queen ant 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 蚍蜉 pí fú a type of large ant 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 螘 yǐ ant / variant of 蟻|蚁[yi3] 食蚁兽 食蟻獸 shí yǐ shòu ant-eater (several different species) 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 蚁斗蜗争 蟻鬥蝸爭 yǐ dòu wō zhēng lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom) / fig. petty squabbling 撼树蚍蜉 撼樹蚍蜉 hàn shù pí fú lit. an ant trying to shake a tree / to overrate oneself (idiom) 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 蚂蚁包 螞蟻包 mǎ yǐ bāo ant bite (swollen, itchy bump) / anthill / ant mound / (metonym) ant nest 花呗 花唄 huā bei Ant Check Later, consumer credit service offered by Ant Financial Services 螞蟻金服|蚂蚁金服[Ma3 yi3 Jin1 fu2] 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 兵蚁 兵蟻 bīng yǐ soldier ant / dinergate 蚳 chí ant eggs 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴 qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence 石鲮鱼 石鯪魚 shí líng yú pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater 鲮鲤 鯪鯉 líng lǐ pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater syn 鲮鲤甲 鯪鯉甲 líng lǐ jiǎ pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) / scaly ant-eater 蚂蚁式贩运 螞蟻式販運 ant-traffic 蚍蜉撼树 蚍蜉撼樹 pí fú hàn shù lit. an ant trying to shake a tree / to overrate oneself (idiom) syn 蚍蜉撼大树 蚍蜉撼大樹 pí fú hàn dà shù lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate one's own strength / also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树[pi2 fu2 han4 shu4] syn 蚁族 蟻族 yǐ zú "ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career 蚂蚁金服 螞蟻金服 mǎ yǐ jīn fú Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1] 蚍蜉撼树 蚍蜉撼樹 pí fú - hàn shù lit. an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself / to overestimate one's capabilities syn 蚂蚁窝 螞蟻窩 mǎ yǐ wō ant nest 蚁巢 蟻巢 yǐ cháo ant nest 蚁穴 蟻穴 yǐ xué ant nest 蚁窝 蟻窩 yǐ wō ant nest 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 