"Worker" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 工人 | gōng rén | worker / CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] |   |
| 工作者 | gōng zuò zhě | worker | |
| 劳动者 | láo dòng zhě | worker / laborer | |
| 工友 | gōng yǒu | odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker | |
| 作 |  zuō | worker / workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person) | |
| 工 | gōng | work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor | |
| 半劳动力 | bàn láo dòng lì | one able to do light manual labor only / semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker | |
| 做手 | zuò shǒu | to put one's hand to sth / to set about / skillful hands / worker / writer | |
| 勤劳者 | qín láo zhě | worker | |
| 师傅 | shī fu | master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] | |
| 师父 | shī fu | used for 師傅|师傅 / (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker | |
| 白领 | bái lǐng | white-collar / white-collar worker | |
| 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] | |
| 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 | |
| 职员 | zhí yuán | office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] | |
| 农民工 | nóng mín gōng | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) | |
| 研究人员 | yán jiū rén yuán | research worker / research personnel | |
| 文员 | wén yuán | office worker / clerk | |
| 义工 | yì gōng | volunteer worker / volunteer work | |
| 技工 | jì gōng | skilled worker | |
| 劳模 | láo mó | model worker | |
| 劳力 | láo lì | labor / able-bodied worker / laborer / work force | |
| 劳动模范 | láo dòng mó fàn | model worker | |
| 打工仔 | dǎ gōng zǎi | young worker / employee / young male worker | |
| 蓝领 | lán lǐng | blue-collar / blue-collar worker | |
| 技术工人 | jì shù gōng rén | skilled worker / journeyman | |
| 临时工 | lín shí gōng | temporary worker / temp / temporary work | |
| 农妇 | nóng fù | peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker | |
| 钟点工 | zhōng diǎn gōng | hourly worker / hourly job | |
| 科技工作者 | kē jì gōng zuò zhě | worker in science and technology | |
| 打工妹 | dǎ gōng mèi | young female worker | |
| 金领 | jīn lǐng | gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker | |
| 下岗工人 | xià gǎng gōng rén | dislocated worker | |
| 社工 | shè gōng | social work / social worker | |
| 农工 | nóng gōng | agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism) | |
| 环卫工人 | huán wèi gōng rén | sanitation worker | |
| 建筑工人 | 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 in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit | |
| 杂工 | zá gōng | unskilled worker | |
| 小时工 | xiǎo shí gōng | hourly worker / hourly job | |
| 产业工人 | chǎn yè gōng rén | industrial worker | |
| 杂役 | zá yì | odd jobs / part-time worker | |
| 炊事员 | chuī shì yuán | cook / kitchen worker | |
| 短工 | duǎn gōng | temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker | |
| 社会工作者 | shè huì gōng zuò zhě | caseworker / social worker | |
| 士 | shì | member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker | |
| 夫 | fū | husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) | |
| 河工 | hé gōng | river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker | |
| 工蜂 | gōng fēng | worker bee | |
| 男工 | nán gōng | male worker | |
| 白衣战士 | bái yī zhàn shì | warrior in white / medical worker | |
| 老马识途 | lǎo mǎ shí tú | an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes | |
| 驽马恋栈 | 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 | |
| 奴工 | nú gōng | slave labor / slave worker | |
| 八级工 | bā jí gōng | grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker | |
| 厂工 | chǎng gōng | factory / factory worker | |
| 灰领 | huī lǐng | gray collar / specialist / technical worker / engineer | |
| 社工人 | shè gōng rén | social worker | |
| 知识工程师 | zhī shi gōng chéng shī | knowledge worker | |
| 外籍劳工 | wài jí láo gōng | foreign worker | |
| 佣妇 | yōng fù | maid / female servant / domestic worker / domestic helper / housekeeper | |
| 徒工 | tú gōng | apprentice / trainee worker | |
| 性工作 | xìng gōng zuò | employment as sex worker / prostitution | |
| 救护人员 | jiù hù rén yuán | rescue worker | |
| 替工 | tì gōng | replacement worker / substitute 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 | yán xiū yuán | research worker / researcher | |
| 移民工 | yí mín gōng | migrant worker | |
| 义务工作者 | yì wù gōng zuò zhě | volunteer / voluntary worker | |
| 装配员 | zhuāng pèi yuán | assembly worker | |
| 试工 | shì gōng | to work for a trial period / worker on probation | |
| 试手 | shì shǒu | to work for a trial period / worker on probation | |
| 调干 | diào gàn | to reassign a cadre / to choose a worker to be promoted to cadre | |
| 护老者 | hù lǎo zhě | carer of elderly persons / aged care worker | |
| 铆工 | mǎo gōng | riveter / worker with rivets | |
| 旋工 | xuàn gōng | lathe operator / spinning wheel worker | |
| 性工作者 | xìng gōng zuò zhě | sex worker | |
| 客籍工人 | kè jí gōng rén | guest worker | |
| 铸工 | zhù gōng | foundry work / foundry worker | |
| 无报酬家庭工人 | wú bào chóu jiā tíng gōng rén | unpaid family worker | |
| 移徙工人 | yí xǐ gōng rén | migrant worker | |
| 实际家庭劳力 | shí jì jiā tíng láo lì | contributing family worker | |
| 村级工作人员 | cūn jí gōng zuò rén yuán | village-level worker / village worker / village agent | |
| 志愿工作人员 | zhì yuàn gōng zuò rén yuán | voluntary worker | |
| 救灾工作人员 | jiù zāi gōng zuò rén yuán | relief worker | |
| 援助人员 | yuán zhù rén yuán | aid worker | |
| 人道主义工作者 | rén dào zhǔ yì gōng zuò zhě | humanitarian worker | |
| 非技术工人 | unskilled worker | | |
| 家庭佣工 | domestic worker | | |
| 计票员 | jì piào yuán | poll worker / electoral worker | |
| 办公室维修工 | bàn gōng shì wéi xiū gōng | Office Maintenance Worker | |
| 外来工人 | wài lái gōng rén | guest worker | |
| 工人搬运的最大负重量公约 | Convention concerning the Maximum Permissible Weight to Be Carried by One Worker | | |
| 技能工人 | jì néng gōng rén | skilled worker / journeyman | |
| 农业推广人员 | nóng yè tuī guǎng rén yuán | agricultural extension worker / agricultural extensionist | |
| 自营工作者 | zì yíng gōng zuò zhě | own-account worker | |
| 初级保健人员 | primary health worker | |
