| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 事 | 事 | shì | - matter - thing - item - work - affair - CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] |
| 工 | 工 | gōng | - work - worker - skill - profession - trade - craft - labor |
| 活 | 活 | huó | - to live - alive - living - work - workmanship |
| 事务 | 事務 | shìwù | - (political, economic etc) affairs - work - transaction (as in a computer database) |
| 事由 | 事由 | shìyóu | - main content - matter - work - origin of an incident - cause - purpose - subject (of business letter) |
| 作业 | 作業 | zuòyè | - school assignment - homework - work - task - operation - CL:個|个[ge4] - to operate |
| 劳作 | 勞作 | láozuò | - work - manual labor |
| 劳动 | 勞動 | láodòng | - work - toil - physical labor - CL:次[ci4] |
| 工作 | 工作 | gōngzuò | - to work - (of a machine) to operate - job - work - task - CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] |
| 活儿 | 活兒 | huór | - work - (lots of) things to do |
| 活计 | 活計 | huójì | - handicraft - needlework - work |
| 働 | 働 | dòng | - labor - work (Japanese kokuji) |
| 功 | 功 | gōng | - meritorious deed or service - achievement - result - service - accomplishment - work (physics) |
| 室 | 室 | shì | - room - work unit - grave - scabbard - family or clan - one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy |
| 干 | 幹 | gàn | - tree trunk - main part of sth - to manage - to work - to do - capable - cadre - to kill (slang) - to fuck (vulgar) |
| 手 | 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] |
| 班 | 班 | bān | - team - class - squad - work shift - ranking - CL:個|个[ge4] - classifier for groups |
| 锦 | 錦 | jǐn | - brocade - embroidered work - bright |
| 上工 | 上工 | shànggōng | - to go to work - to start work |
| 上班 | 上班 | shàngbān | - to go to work - to be on duty - to start work - to go to the office |
| 下工 | 下工 | xiàgōng | - to knock off (at the end of a day's work) - to finish work |
| 下班 | 下班 | xiàbān | - to finish work - to get off work |
| 不行 | 不行 | bùxíng | - won't do - be out of the question - be no good - not work - not be capable |
| 不灵 | 不靈 | bùlíng | - not work - be ineffective |
| 久旷 | 久曠 | jiǔkuàng | - to leave uncultivated for a long time - by extension, to neglect one's work - to remain single |
| 人工 | 人工 | réngōng | - artificial - manpower - manual work |
| 代工 | 代工 | dàigōng | - subcontract work - OEM (original equipment manufacturer) supplier |
| 作品 | 作品 | zuòpǐn | - work (of art) - opus - CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1] |
| 作息 | 作息 | zuòxī | - work and rest |
| 作风 | 作風 | zuòfēng | - style - style of work - way |
| 做事 | 做事 | zuòshì | - to work - to handle matters - to have a job |
| 做工 | 做工 | zuògōng | - to work with one's hands - manual work - workmanship |
| 做法 | 做法 | zuòfǎ | - way of handling sth - method for making - work method - recipe - practice - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 停工 | 停工 | tínggōng | - to stop work - to shut down - to stop production |
| 侦探 | 偵探 | zhēntàn | - detective - to do detective work |
| 侦破 | 偵破 | zhēnpò | - to investigate (as detective) - to solve (crime) - to uncover (a plot) - to sniff out - to break in and analyze - detective work - to scout |
| 偷工 | 偷工 | tōugōng | - to skimp on the job - to avoid work |
| 偷惰 | 偷惰 | tōuduò | - to skive off work - to be lazy |
| 偷闲 | 偷閑 | tōuxián | - to snatch a moment of leisure - to take a break from work - also written 偷閒|偷闲 |
| 偷闲 | 偷閒 | tōuxián | - to snatch a moment of leisure - to take a break from work |
| 全勤 | 全勤 | quánqín | - full-time attendance at work |
| 全书 | 全書 | quánshū | - entire book - unabridged book - entire multi-volume work - comprehensive volume |
| 公干 | 公幹 | gōnggàn | - public business - official work |
| 出勤 | 出勤 | chūqín | - to start work - to show up on time for work |
| 分工 | 分工 | fēngōng | - to divide up the work - division of labor |
| 创作 | 創作 | chuàngzuò | - to create - to produce - to write - creative work - creation - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 创举 | 創舉 | chuàngjǔ | - pioneering work |
| 功业 | 功業 | gōngyè | - achievement - outstanding work - glorious deed |
| 功率 | 功率 | gōnglǜ | - rate of work - power (output) |
| 劳力 | 勞力 | láolì | - work force - labor |
| 劳逸 | 勞逸 | láoyì | - work and rest |
| 包活 | 包活 | bāohuó | - job paid according to the amount of work done - contract work |
| 半职 | 半職 | bànzhí | - part-time work |
| 名作 | 名作 | míngzuò | - masterpiece - famous work |
| 单位 | 單位 | dānwèi | - 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] |
| 因公 | 因公 | yīngōng | - in the course of doing one's work - on business |
| 外勤 | 外勤 | wàiqín | - field work - field personnel - any occupation that involves a great deal of field work |
| 奇文 | 奇文 | qíwén | - remarkable work - peculiar writing |
| 守业 | 守業 | shǒuyè | - to preserve one's heritage - to defend the accomplishments of previous generations - to carry on the good work - to keep one's business going |
| 完工 | 完工 | wángōng | - to finish work - to complete a project |
| 实习 | 實習 | shíxí | - to practice - field work - to intern - internship |
| 工分 | 工分 | gōngfēn | - work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) |
| 工整 | 工整 | gōngzhěng | - fine work - carefully and neatly done |
| 巨著 | 巨著 | jùzhù | - monumental (literary) work |
| 帮工 | 幫工 | bānggōng | - to help with farm work - casual laborer |
| 干活 | 幹活 | gànhuó | - to work - to be employed - manual labor |
| 怠工 | 怠工 | dàigōng | - to slacken off in one's work - to go slow (as a form of strike) |
| 打杂 | 打雜 | dǎzá | - to do odd jobs - to do unskilled work |
| 扫尾 | 掃尾 | sǎowěi | - to complete the last stage of work - to round off |
| 接活 | 接活 | jiēhuó | - to take on a piece of work - to pick up some freelance work - (of a taxi driver) to pick up a fare |
| 插话 | 插話 | chāhuà | - to insert a minor item in a bigger work - to interrupt (sb speaking) - to interpose |
| 操作 | 操作 | cāozuò | - to work - to operate - to manipulate |
| 收兵 | 收兵 | shōubīng | - to retreat - to withdraw troops - to recall troops - fig. to finish work - to wind up - to call it a day - used with negatives: the task is far from over |
| 政工 | 政工 | zhènggōng | - political work - ideological work |
| 散工 | 散工 | sǎngōng | - day labor - piece-time work |
| 敬业 | 敬業 | jìngyè | - to be dedicated to one's work - to respect one's work |
| 时段 | 時段 | shíduàn | - time interval - work shift - time slot - the twelve two hour divisions of the day |
| 旷工 | 曠工 | kuànggōng | - to skip work - absence without leave |
| 业务 | 業務 | yèwù | - business - professional work - service - CL:項|项[xiang4] |
| 此道 | 此道 | cǐdào | - such matters - things like this - this line of work - this pursuit - this hobby - this endeavor |
| 残卷 | 殘卷 | cánjuàn | - surviving section of a classic work - remaining chapters (while reading a book) |
| 活茬 | 活茬 | huóchá | - farm work |
| 活路 | 活路 | huólu | - labor - physical work |
| 流程 | 流程 | liúchéng | - course - stream - sequence of processes - work flow in manufacturing |
| 润笔 | 潤筆 | rùnbǐ | - remuneration for literary or artistic work |
| 润资 | 潤資 | rùnzī | - remuneration for literary or artistic work |
| 无业 | 無業 | wúyè | - unemployed - jobless - out of work |
| 琢磨 | 琢磨 | zhuómó | - to carve and polish (jade) - to polish and refine a literary work |
| 田役 | 田役 | tiányì | - farm work |
| 发案 | 發案 | fāàn | - occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act) - to take place - to occur - to advertise freelance work |
| 省事 | 省事 | xǐngshì | - to handle administrative work |
| 硕果 | 碩果 | shuòguǒ | - major achievement - great work - triumphant success |
| 社工 | 社工 | shègōng | - social work - social worker |
| 稼穑 | 稼穡 | jiàsè | - (literary) reaping and sowing - farm work |
| 积压 | 積壓 | jīyā | - to overstock - backlog - accumulation of neglected work - arrears of work |
| 粗活 | 粗活 | cūhuó | - unskilled labor - heavy manual work |
| 粗细 | 粗細 | cūxì | - thick and thin - coarse and fine - thickness (caliber) - coarseness - quality of work |
| 绝笔 | 絕筆 | juébǐ | - words written on one’s deathbed - an artist's final work - swansong |
| 义工 | 義工 | yìgōng | - volunteer worker - volunteer work |
| 翘班 | 翹班 | qiàobān | - to skip work - to sneak out of work early |
| 耕耘 | 耕耘 | gēngyún | - plowing and weeding - farm work - fig. to work or study diligently |
| 脱岗 | 脫崗 | tuōgǎng | - to take time off - to take leave (e.g. for study) - to skive off work |
| 脱滑 | 脫滑 | tuōhuá | - to shirk - to try to get off work - to slide on the job |
| 苦力 | 苦力 | kǔlì | - bitter work - hard toil - (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times |
| 苦功 | 苦功 | kǔgōng | - hard work - laborious effort - painstaking work |
| 苦劳 | 苦勞 | kǔláo | - toil - hard work |
| 苦活 | 苦活 | kǔhuó | - bitter work - sweated labor |
| 苦练 | 苦練 | kǔliàn | - to train hard - to practice diligently - hard work - blood, sweat, and tears |
| 著作 | 著作 | zhùzuò | - to write - literary work - book - article - writings - CL:部[bu4] |
| 号子 | 號子 | hàozi | - work chant - prison cell - type - sort - mark - sign - signal - (Tw) brokerage firm |
| 诗画 | 詩畫 | shīhuà | - poetry and pictorial art - work of art combining pictures and poetry |
| 误工 | 誤工 | wùgōng | - to delay one's work - to be late for or absent from work - loss of working time |
| 躲懒 | 躲懶 | duǒlǎn | - to shy away from work - to get by without attending duty |
| 车工 | 車工 | chēgōng | - lathe work - lathe operator |
| 辍工 | 輟工 | chuògōng | - to stop work |
| 辍业 | 輟業 | chuòyè | - to give up work - to give up one's profession |
| 转托 | 轉托 | zhuǎntuō | - to pass on a task - to delegate one's work - to pass the buck |
| 转业 | 轉業 | zhuǎnyè | - to change one's profession - to transfer to civilian work |
| 办事 | 辦事 | bànshì | - to handle (affairs) - to work |
| 农活 | 農活 | nónghuó | - farm work |
| 返岗 | 返崗 | fǎngǎng | - to resume one's former position - to return to work |
| 进度 | 進度 | jìndù | - pace - tempo - degree of progress (on project) - work schedule |
| 运转 | 運轉 | yùnzhuǎn | - to work - to operate - to revolve - to turn around |
| 遗作 | 遺作 | yízuò | - posthumous work |
| 遗教 | 遺教 | yíjiào | - work or plans left as a legacy - the views of the departed - posthumous orders or teachings |
| 铸工 | 鑄工 | zhùgōng | - foundry work - foundry worker |
| 开篇 | 開篇 | kāipiān | - start of literary work - opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] |
| 闯荡 | 闖盪 | chuǎngdàng | - to leave home to work - to get away from home - to wander the world - well-traveled - adventurous |
| 隽品 | 雋品 | juànpǐn | - outstanding work |
| 杂务 | 雜務 | záwù | - various jobs - low-grade work |
| 题旨 | 題旨 | tízhǐ | - subject of literary work |
| 余热 | 餘熱 | yúrè | - residual heat - surplus heat - fig. old people's capacity for work |
| 党务 | 黨務 | dǎngwù | - party affairs - work within the Communist party |
| 上下班 | 上下班 | shàngxiàbān | - to start and finish work |
| 事业心 | 事業心 | shìyèxīn | - devotion to one's work - professional ambition |
| 做工作 | 做工作 | zuògōngzuò | - to do one's work - to work on sb - to try to persuade sb |
| 做生活 | 做生活 | zuòshēnghuó | - to work - to do manual labor |
| 半脱产 | 半脫產 | bàntuōchǎn | - partly released from productive labor - partly released from one's regular work |
| 吃不开 | 吃不開 | chībukāi | - be unpopular - won't work |
| 工作服 | 工作服 | gōngzuòfú | - work clothes |
| 工作台 | 工作檯 | gōngzuòtái | - workbench - work station |
| 工作组 | 工作組 | gōngzuòzǔ | - work team - working group - task force |
| 工作量 | 工作量 | gōngzuòliàng | - workload - volume of work |
| 干活儿 | 幹活兒 | gànhuór | - to work - manual labor |
| 成名作 | 成名作 | chéngmíngzuò | - work that makes one's name |
| 水电工 | 水電工 | shuǐdiàngōng | - tradesman who does both plumbing and electrical work |
| 没事儿 | 沒事兒 | méishìr | - to have spare time - free from work - it's not important - it's nothing - never mind |
| 临时工 | 臨時工 | línshígōng | - day laborer - temporary work |
| 艺术品 | 藝術品 | yìshùpǐn | - art piece - work of art - CL:件[jian4] |
| 处女作 | 處女作 | chǔnǚzuò | - first publication - maiden work |
| 行不通 | 行不通 | xíngbutōng | - won't work - will get (you) nowhere |
| 行得通 | 行得通 | xíngdetōng | - practicable - realizable - will work |
| 进度表 | 進度表 | jìndùbiǎo | - timeline - work schedule |
| 上班时间 | 上班時間 | shàngbānshíjiān | - time of going to work - the morning rush hour |
| 不务正业 | 不務正業 | bùwùzhèngyè | - not to engage in honest work - to ignore one's proper occupation - not to attend to one's proper duties |
| 事情要做 | 事情要做 | shìqíngyàozuò | - work that needs to be done - business that needs to be attended to |
| 俾夜作昼 | 俾夜作晝 | bǐyèzuòzhòu | - lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil - work especially hard |
| 借刀杀人 | 借刀殺人 | jièdāoshārén | - to lend sb a knife to kill sb - to get sb else to do one's dirty work - to attack using the strength of another (idiom) |
| 偷工减料 | 偷工減料 | tōugōngjiǎnliào | - to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) - jerry-building - sloppy work |
| 全时工作 | 全時工作 | quánshígōngzuò | - full time work |
| 劳动能力 | 勞動能力 | láodòngnénglì | - ability to work |
| 反裘负刍 | 反裘負芻 | fǎnqiúfùchú | - lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) - fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work - fig. to act stupidly |
| 同工同酬 | 同工同酬 | tónggōngtóngchóu | - equal pay for equal work |
| 埋头苦干 | 埋頭苦幹 | máitóukǔgàn | - to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work - to make an all-out effort - up to the neck in work |
| 堆案盈几 | 堆案盈几 | duīànyíngjī | - lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work |
| 多劳多得 | 多勞多得 | duōláoduōdé | - work more and get more |
| 工作单位 | 工作單位 | gōngzuòdānwèi | - work unit |
| 左邻右舍 | 左鄰右舍 | zuǒlínyòushè | - neighbors - next-door neighbors - related work units - colleagues doing related work |
| 废寝忘食 | 廢寢忘食 | fèiqǐnwàngshí | - to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom) - to skip one's sleep and meals - to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 废寝忘餐 | 廢寢忘餐 | fèiqǐnwàngcān | - to neglect sleep and food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals - to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 按劳分配 | 按勞分配 | ànláofēnpèi | - distribution according to work |
| 摸爬滚打 | 摸爬滾打 | mōpágǔndǎ | - to go through arduous training or hard work |
| 操作规程 | 操作規程 | cāozuòguīchéng | - operating rules - work regulations |
| 文艺作品 | 文藝作品 | wényìzuòpǐn | - literary work - art work |
| 有子存焉 | 有子存焉 | yǒuzǐcúnyān | - I still have sons, don't I? - fig. future generations will continue the work |
| 有手有脚 | 有手有腳 | yǒushǒuyǒujiǎo | - lit. have hands have feet - to be able bodied (idiom) - to have the ability to work |
| 泛滥成灾 | 泛濫成災 | fànlànchéngzāi | - flood causes disaster (idiom); fig. swamped with work |
| 疲于奔命 | 疲於奔命 | píyúbēnmìng | - lit. tired of constantly running for one's life (idiom); terribly busy - up to one's ears in work |
| 百废俱兴 | 百廢俱興 | bǎifèijùxīng | - all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom) - work is now underway |
| 石破天惊 | 石破天驚 | shípòtiānjīng | - earth-shattering - breakthrough - remarkable and original work |
| 社会工作 | 社會工作 | shèhuìgōngzuò | - social work |
| 粗制滥造 | 粗製濫造 | cūzhìlànzào | - to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work |
| 结束工作 | 結束工作 | jiéshùgōngzuò | - to finish work |
| 脑力劳动 | 腦力勞動 | nǎolìláodòng | - mental labor - intellectual work |
| 草草了事 | 草草了事 | cǎocǎoliǎoshì | - to rush through the work - to get through a thing carelessly |
| 庄稼活儿 | 莊稼活兒 | zhuāngjiahuór | - farm work |
| 零打碎敲 | 零打碎敲 | língdǎsuìqiāo | - to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work |
| 零敲碎打 | 零敲碎打 | língqiāosuìdǎ | - to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work |
| 余勇可贾 | 餘勇可賈 | yúyǒngkěgǔ | - lit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more work - not resting on one's laurels |
| 作息时间表 | 作息時間表 | zuòxīshíjiānbiǎo | - daily schedule - work schedule |
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