工人 gōngrén worker
How to remember 工人: 工 work + 人 person = worker.
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How it is used
- Noun for a blue-collar or industrial laborer, not an office worker - 工厂工人 (gōngchǎng gōngrén) means factory worker.
- Contrast with 员工 (yuángōng), the neutral term for any company employee, and 工作人员 (gōngzuò rényuán), staff at an event or institution.
- 他是个工人 (tā shì ge gōngrén) - he's a laborer/worker.
- Takes CL 个 or the more formal 名.
Example sentences
- 你真是个努力的工人。 Nǐ zhēnshì gè nǔlì de gōngrén.You're really a hard worker.
- 工人为社会服务。 Gōngrén wèi shèhuì fúwù.Workers serve society.
- 那个工厂开除了很多工人。 Nàge gōngchǎng kāichú le hěnduō gōngrén.Many workers were laid off at that plant.