Chinese symbol for “laborer”
劳动者
láo dòng zhě
Traditional: 勞動者
worker; laborer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laborer is 劳动者 (láo dòng zhě), defined as: worker; laborer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “laborer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳工 (勞工) | láo gōng | labor; laborer |
| 劳 (勞) | láo | (bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer |
| 劳力 (勞力) | láo lì | labor; able-bodied worker |
| 工夫 | gōng fū | (old) laborer |
| 劳务人员 (勞務人員) | láo wù rén yuán | laborer; service worker (typically employed on a contractual or temporary basis) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 劳动者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 劳动力 (勞動力) | láo dòng lì | labor force; manpower |
| 劳工 (勞工) | láo gōng | labor; laborer |
| 劳务 (勞務) | láo wù | service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services") |
| 勤劳 (勤勞) | qín láo | hardworking; industrious; diligent |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laborer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.