Meaning of 职工
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- employee; staff member; worker
How to use 职工
职工 is a fairly formal word for the staff of a company, factory, or work unit, often seen in notices, news, and phrases like 职工食堂 (staff canteen). Example: 这家工厂有五百名职工。(Zhè jiā gōngchǎng yǒu wǔbǎi míng zhígōng.) This factory has five hundred employees.
职 (zhí) means a post or duty, as in 职业 (zhíyè) occupation, and 工 (gōng) means work, as in 工作 (gōngzuò). Put them together and you get a person who holds a post and does work: an employee.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 职工 with 工人 (gōngrén). 工人 usually means a manual or factory worker, while 职工 covers all staff, including office workers and managers. Also keep the tones straight: zhí is second tone and gōng is first tone.
职工 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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职 zhí · duty · 11 strokes
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工 gōng · labor · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 职工.
| 工作 | gōngzuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工人 | gōngrén | worker |
| 打工 | dǎgōng | to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or d |
| 职业 | zhíyè | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |
| 工厂 | gōngchǎng | factory |
| 工具 | gōngjù | tool; instrument |
| 员工 | yuángōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 工资 | gōngzī | wages; pay |
| 工程师 | gōngchéngshī | engineer |
| 工业 | gōngyè | industry |
| 人工 | réngōng | artificial; manpower |
| 加工 | jiāgōng | to process; processing |
Questions about 职工
What does 职工 mean?
职工 (zhígōng) means "employee; staff member; worker" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 职工?
职工 is made of 2 characters: 职 (11 strokes), 工 (3 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 职工 an HSK word?
Yes. 职工 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 职工 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 职工 is written 職工.
What is the difference between 职工 and 员工?
Both mean employee and often overlap. 员工 (yuángōng) is more common in private companies and everyday speech, while 职工 has a more formal or traditional feel, often linked to state enterprises and official documents.
Can I use 职工 to describe my own job in conversation?
You can, but it sounds a bit formal. In casual speech people usually say 我在公司上班 (Wǒ zài gōngsī shàngbān), I work at a company, rather than calling themselves a 职工.