- 干活儿 gànhuór to workto do a job; to perform manual labor or work in general
- 绝活儿 juéhuór unique skillcolloquial term for a unique or unrivaled technique; unsurpassed skill or performance
- 做活儿 zuòhuór to workTo do manual labor or needlework; to work for a living
- 力气活儿 lìqihuór heavy manual laborstrenuous work that requires physical strength; heavy labor
- 大路活儿 dàlùhuór ordinary productsOrdinary or common products that require only basic skills to make; goods of mediocre or average quality
- 庄稼活儿 zhuangjiahuor farm work(colloquial) Work related to farming or agriculture
- 忙活儿 mánghuór to be busy workingTo be busy doing work or a specific task; often implies being in the middle of a job.
- 揽活儿 lǎnhuór to take on workto solicit or take on work, such as finding customers or taking on a side job for extra income
- 收活儿 shōuhuór to finish work(colloquial) To end a task or finish up the day's work
- 杂活儿 záhuór odd jobsvarious small, miscellaneous tasks or chores
- 派活儿 pàihuór to assign tasksTo assign or allocate tasks to people; to give someone a piece of work to do.
- 私活儿 sīhuór private joba personal business task or freelance job taken on privately outside of one's official work
- 笨活儿 bènhuór heavy manual laborheavy manual labor; physically demanding or clumsy work
- 粗活儿 cūhuór manual laborheavy manual labor or unskilled work
- 累活儿 lèihuór tiring workTiring, heavy, or strenuous work; hard labor
- 细活儿 xìhuór skilled workdelicate or skilled work; specifically refers to jobs requiring high precision and technique rather than physical strength
- 群活儿 qúnhuór group comic dialoguecomic dialogue routine performed by three or more actors
- 苦活儿 kǔhuór hard workhard, exhausting work; specifically refers to poorly paid labor or an arduous and unprofitable job
- 赶活儿 gǎnhuór to rush a jobTo work quickly to finish a job on or ahead of time; to rush to complete a task.
- 轻活儿 qīnghuór light workPhysical labor or tasks that do not require much strength or effort; a soft job.
- 重活儿 zhònghuór heavy workheavy or strenuous physical labor
- 针线活儿 zhēnxiànhuór needleworkneedlework (sewing, embroidery, etc.), or working for a living as a needleworker; also refers to the finished products of such work
- 零活儿 línghuór odd jobssmall, miscellaneous tasks or chores; casual labor done on a piecemeal basis
- 全活儿 quánhuór complete set of tasksthe entire set of tasks or steps required for a specific job, especially in service industries
- 农活儿 nónghuór farm workAgricultural labor and tasks such as plowing, planting, and harvesting.
- 出活儿 chūhuór to yield resultsto produce results or get work done; to turn out a product