勞動者

See also: 劳动者 and 労働者

Chinese

		physical work; toil; labor	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)
trad. (勞動者)		勞動	者
simp. (劳动者)		劳动	者

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 勞働者(ろうどうしゃ) (rōdōsha).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láodòngzhě

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ dung⁶ ze²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lô-tōng-chiá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁵ dong⁶ zia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láodòngzhě
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láodòngjhě
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-tung⁴-chê³
    • Yale: láu-dùng-jě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laudonqjee
    • Palladius: лаодунчжэ (laodunčžɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ dung⁶ ze²
    • Yale: lòuh duhng jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ dung⁶ dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ dung⁶ zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ tʊŋ²² t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-tōng-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: lô-tōng-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'doxngciar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lo²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² tɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ²³⁻³³ tɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao⁵ dong⁶ zia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâu tŏng tsiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sia⁵²/

Noun

勞動者

1. worker; laborer

   農業勞動者／农业劳动者  ―  nóngyè láodòngzhě  ―  agricultural worker

Synonyms

• 作穡人／作穑人 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 勞工／劳工 (láogōng)
• 工人 (gōngrén)
• 工仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 打工人 (dǎgōngrén) (neologism, slang)
• 趁食人 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 腦力勞動者／脑力劳动者 (nǎolì láodòngzhě)

 

Related terms

• 員工／员工 (yuángōng)