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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
员工 yuángōng	员工 \| 员工* \| *员工	staff / personnel / employee	員工 HSK 5


手工 shǒugōng	手工 \| 手工* \| *手工	handwork / manual	HSK 5


打工 dǎgōng	打工 \| 打工* \| *打工	to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation	HSK 5


人工 réngōng	人工 \| 人工* \| *人工	artificial / manpower / manual work	HSK 6


化工 huàgōng	化工 \| 化工* \| *化工	chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業｜化学工业 / chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程｜化学工程


工 gōng	工 \| 工* \| *工	work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor


职工 zhígōng	职工 \| 职工* \| *职工	workers / staff / CL: 個｜个	職工


加工 jiāgōng	加工 \| 加工* \| *加工	to process / processing / working (of machinery)


电工 diàngōng	电工 \| 电工* \| *电工	electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house)	電工


施工 shīgōng	施工 \| 施工* \| *施工	construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs


理工 lǐgōng	理工 \| 理工* \| *理工	science and engineering as academic subjects


复工 fùgōng	复工 \| 复工* \| *复工	to return to work (after stoppage)	復工


教职工 jiàozhígōng	教职工 \| 教职工* \| *教职工	teaching and administrative staff	教職工


开工 kāigōng	开工 \| 开工* \| *开工	to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job	開工


重工 zhònggōng	重工 \| 重工* \| *重工	heavy industry


分工 fēngōng	分工 \| 分工* \| *分工	to divide up the work / division of labor


特工 tègōng	特工 \| 特工* \| *特工	secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent


美工 měigōng	美工 \| 美工* \| *美工	art design / art designer


技工 jìgōng	技工 \| 技工* \| *技工	skilled worker


务工 wùgōng	务工 \| 务工* \| *务工	to work as a laborer	務工


做工 zuògōng	做工 \| 做工* \| *做工	to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship


轻工 qīnggōng	轻工 \| 轻工* \| *轻工	light engineering	輕工


搬运工 bānyùngōng	搬运工 \| 搬运工* \| *搬运工	porter	搬運工


矿工 kuànggōng	矿工 \| 矿工* \| *矿工	miner	礦工


农民工 nóngmíngōng	农民工 \| 农民工* \| *农民工	migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)	農民工


木工 mùgōng	木工 \| 木工* \| *木工	woodwork / carpentry / woodworker / carpenter


劳工 láogōng	劳工 \| 劳工* \| *劳工	labor / laborer	勞工


竣工 jùngōng	竣工 \| 竣工* \| *竣工	to complete a project


教职员工 jiàozhíyuángōng	教职员工 \| 教职员工* \| *教职员工	teaching and administrative staff	教職員工


钟点工 zhōngdiǎngōng	钟点工 \| 钟点工* \| *钟点工	hourly worker / hourly job	鐘點工


停工 tínggōng	停工 \| 停工* \| *停工	to stop work / to shut down / to stop production


焊工 hàngōng	焊工 \| 焊工* \| *焊工	welder / solderer / CL: 名 / welding


完工 wángōng	完工 \| 完工* \| *完工	to finish work / to complete a project


精工 Jīnggōng	精工 \| 精工* \| *精工	Seiko, Japanese watch and electronics company


精工 jīnggōng	精工 \| 精工* \| *精工	refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship)


民工 míngōng	民工 \| 民工* \| *民工	migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project


义工 yìgōng	义工 \| 义工* \| *义工	volunteer worker / volunteer work	義工


钳工 qiángōng	钳工 \| 钳工* \| *钳工	fitter / benchwork	鉗工


清洁工 qīngjiégōng	清洁工 \| 清洁工* \| *清洁工	cleaner / janitor / garbage collector	清潔工


返工 fǎngōng	返工 \| 返工* \| *返工	to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work


临时工 línshígōng	临时工 \| 临时工* \| *临时工	day laborer / temporary work	臨時工


政工 zhènggōng	政工 \| 政工* \| *政工	political work / ideological work


动工 dònggōng	动工 \| 动工* \| *动工	to start (a building project)	動工


罢工 bàgōng	罢工 \| 罢工* \| *罢工	a strike / to go on strike	罷工


小时工 xiǎoshígōng	小时工 \| 小时工* \| *小时工	hourly worker / hourly job	小時工


车工 chēgōng	车工 \| 车工* \| *车工	lathe work / lathe operator	車工


旷工 kuànggōng	旷工 \| 旷工* \| *旷工	to skip work / absence without leave	曠工


高工 gāogōng	高工 \| 高工* \| *高工	senior engineer (abbr. for 高級工程師｜高级工程师) / (Tw) industrial vocational high school (abbr. for 高級工業職業學校｜高级工业职业学校)


水电工 shuǐdiàngōng	水电工 \| 水电工* \| *水电工	plumbing and electrical work / tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work	水電工


护工 hùgōng	护工 \| 护工* \| *护工	nurse's aide / nursing assistant / care worker	護工


装卸工 zhuāngxiègōng	装卸工 \| 装卸工* \| *装卸工	docker / longshoreman	裝卸工


包工 bāogōng	包工 \| 包工* \| *包工	to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor


对工 duìgōng	对工 \| 对工* \| *对工	proper	對工


农工 nónggōng	农工 \| 农工* \| *农工	agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人｜农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism)	農工


误工 wùgōng	误工 \| 误工* \| *误工	to delay one's work / to be late for or absent from work / loss of working time	誤工


刀工 dāogōng	刀工 \| 刀工* \| *刀工	knife work (food preparation)


杂工 zágōng	杂工 \| 杂工* \| *杂工	unskilled worker	雜工


异曲同工 yìqǔtónggōng	异曲同工 \| 异曲同工* \| *异曲同工	different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome	異曲同工


泥工 nígōng	泥工 \| 泥工* \| *泥工	mason / masonry work


水暖工 shuǐnuǎngōng	水暖工 \| 水暖工* \| *水暖工	plumber / heating engineer


帮工 bānggōng	帮工 \| 帮工* \| *帮工	to help with farm work / casual laborer	幫工


青工 qīnggōng	青工 \| 青工* \| *青工	young worker (esp of the CCP)


收工 shōugōng	收工 \| 收工* \| *收工	to stop work for the day (generally of laborers) / to knock off


零工 línggōng	零工 \| 零工* \| *零工	temporary job / odd job


移工 yígōng	移工 \| 移工* \| *移工	(Tw) foreign worker (abbr. for 移住勞工｜移住劳工)


变工 biàngōng	变工 \| 变工* \| *变工	to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)	變工


童工 tónggōng	童工 \| 童工* \| *童工	child labor


代工 dàigōng	代工 \| 代工* \| *代工	subcontract work / OEM (original equipment manufacturer) supplier


赶工 gǎngōng	赶工 \| 赶工* \| *赶工	to work against the clock / to hurry with work to get it done in time	趕工


鬼斧神工 guǐfǔshéngōng	鬼斧神工 \| 鬼斧神工* \| *鬼斧神工	supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship


铣工 xǐgōng	铣工 \| 铣工* \| *铣工	milling (machining) / milling machine operator	銑工


男工 nángōng	男工 \| 男工* \| *男工	male worker


短工 duǎngōng	短工 \| 短工* \| *短工	temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker


监工 jiāngōng	监工 \| 监工* \| *监工	workplace overseer / foreman	監工


双职工 shuāngzhígōng	双职工 \| 双职工* \| *双职工	working couple (husband and wife both employed)	雙職工


女工 nǚgōng	女工 \| 女工* \| *女工	working woman / variant of 女紅｜女红


河工 hégōng	河工 \| 河工* \| *河工	river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker


社工 shègōng	社工 \| 社工* \| *社工	social work / social worker


铆工 mǎogōng	铆工 \| 铆工* \| *铆工	riveter / worker with rivets	鉚工


挑山工 tiāoshāngōng	挑山工 \| 挑山工* \| *挑山工	laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles


资工 zīgōng	资工 \| 资工* \| *资工	abbr. of 資訊工程｜资讯工程	資工


散工 sǎngōng	散工 \| 散工* \| *散工	day labor / piece-time work


散工 sàngōng	散工 \| 散工* \| *散工	to release from work at the end of the day


磨刀不误砍柴工 módāobùwùkǎncháigōng	磨刀…柴工 \| 磨刀…柴工* \| *磨刀…柴工	lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved	磨刀不誤砍柴工


垃圾工 lājīgōng	垃圾工 \| 垃圾工* \| *垃圾工	garbage collector


包身工 bāoshēngōng	包身工 \| 包身工* \| *包身工	indentured laborer


机械工 jīxiègōng	机械工 \| 机械工* \| *机械工	a mechanic	機械工


佣工 yōnggōng	佣工 \| 佣工* \| *佣工	hired laborer / servant	傭工


加油工 jiāyóugōng	加油工 \| 加油工* \| *加油工	gas station attendant


铸工 zhùgōng	铸工 \| 铸工* \| *铸工	foundry work / foundry worker	鑄工


八级工 bājígōng	八级工 \| 八级工* \| *八级工	grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker	八級工


窝工 wōgōng	窝工 \| 窝工* \| *窝工	(of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)	窩工


上工 shànggōng	上工 \| 上工* \| *上工	to go to work / to start work


船工 chuángōng	船工 \| 船工* \| *船工	boatman / boat builder


瓦工 wǎgōng	瓦工 \| 瓦工* \| *瓦工	tiling / bricklaying / plastering


偷工 tōugōng	偷工 \| 偷工* \| *偷工	to skimp on the job / to avoid work


苦工 kǔgōng	苦工 \| 苦工* \| *苦工	hard labor (in penal code) / coolie


徒工 túgōng	徒工 \| 徒工* \| *徒工	apprentice / trainee worker


厨工 chúgōng	厨工 \| 厨工* \| *厨工	kitchen helper / assistant cook	廚工


水管工 shuǐguǎngōng	水管工 \| 水管工* \| *水管工	plumber


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