| 1 | 劳动 | 勞動 | láo dòng | lao2 dong4 | work; toil; physical labor; Classifiers: 次 | | |
| 2 | 劳动者 | 勞動者 | láo dòng zhě | lao2 dong4 zhe3 | worker; laborer | | |
| 3 | 劳动力 | 勞動力 | láo dòng lì | lao2 dong4 li4 | labor force; manpower | | |
| 4 | 劳动人民 | 勞動人民 | láo dòng rén mín | lao2 dong4 ren2 min2 | working people; the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past | | |
| 5 | 按劳分配 | 按勞分配 | àn láo fēn pèi | an4 lao2 fen1 pei4 | distribution according to work | | |
| 6 | 劳力 | 勞力 | láo lì | lao2 li4 | labor; able-bodied worker; laborer; work force | | |
| 7 | 疲劳 | 疲勞 | pí láo | pi2 lao2 | fatigue; wearily; weariness; weary | | |
| 8 | 劳 | 勞 | láo | lao2 | to toil; labor; laborer; to put sb to trouble (of doing sth); meritorious deed; to console (Taiwan pr. lao4 for this sense) | | |
| 9 | 勤劳 | 勤勞 | qín láo | qin2 lao2 | hardworking; industrious; diligent | | |
| 10 | 体力劳动 | 體力勞動 | tǐ lì láo dòng | ti3 li4 lao2 dong4 | physical labor | | |
| 11 | 劳动模范 | 勞動模範 | láo dòng mó fàn | lao2 dong4 mo2 fan4 | model worker | | |
| 12 | 脑力劳动 | 腦力勞動 | nǎo lì láo dòng | nao3 li4 lao2 dong4 | mental labor; intellectual work | | |
| 13 | 功劳 | 功勞 | gōng láo | gong1 lao2 | contribution; meritorious service; credit | | |
| 14 | 劳累 | 勞累 | láo lèi | lao2 lei4 | tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil | | |
| 15 | 劳苦 | 勞苦 | láo kǔ | lao2 ku3 | to toil; hard work | | |
| 16 | 劳模 | 勞模 | láo mó | lao2 mo2 | model worker | | |
| 17 | 劳工 | 勞工 | láo gōng | lao2 gong1 | labor; laborer | | |
| 18 | 劳劳叨叨 | 勞勞叨叨 | láo lao dāo dāo | lao2 lao5 dao1 dao1 | variant of 唠唠叨叨 | | |
| 19 | 重复性劳损 | 重複性勞損 | chóng fù xìng láo sǔn | chong2 fu4 xing4 lao2 sun3 | repetitive strain injury (RSI) | | |
| 20 | 棕尾伯劳 | 棕尾伯勞 | zōng wěi bó láo | zong1 wei3 bo2 lao2 | (bird species of China) red-tailed shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides) | | |
| 21 | 操劳过度 | 操勞過度 | cāo láo guò dù | cao1 lao2 guo4 du4 | to be excessively loaded with cares; to be overworked (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 操劳 | 操勞 | cāo láo | cao1 lao2 | to work hard; to look after | | |
| 23 | 不劳无获 | 不勞無獲 | bù láo wú huò | bu4 lao2 wu2 huo4 | no pain, no gain (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 伯劳 | 伯勞 | bó láo | bo2 lao2 | shrike | | |
| 25 | 半劳动力 | 半勞動力 | bàn láo dòng lì | ban4 lao2 dong4 li4 | one able to do light manual labor only; semi-able-bodied or part time (farm) worker | | |