- 工人阶级 gōngrénjiējí working class
- 工人党 Gōngréndǎng Workers' PartyWorkers' Party (Singapore opposition party)
- 产业工人 chǎnyègōngrén industrial worker
- 北京工人体育场 Běijīng Gōngrén Tǐyùchǎng Workers Stadium
- 工人日报 Gōngrén Rìbào Workers' DailyWorkers' Daily, a Chinese newspaper founded in 1949
- 库尔德工人党 Kù'ěrdé Gōngréndǎng Kurdistan Workers' PartyKurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
- 建筑工人 jiànzhùgōngrén buildera person who works in the construction industry, typically on building sites
- 打工人 dǎgōngrén workerworker; laborer (often used self-deprecatingly by wage earners)
- 掘墓工人 juémùgōngrén grave digger
- 机械工人 jīxiègōngrén mechanic
- 水管工人 shuǐguǎngōngrén plumber
- 熟练工人 shúliàngōngrén skilled workerskilled worker; journeyman
- 环卫工人 huánwèigōngrén sanitation worker
- 社工人 shègōngrén social worker
- 缝衣工人 féngyīgōngrén needleworkera needleworker; a garment worker
- 伐木工人 fámùgōngrén lumberjacka person who fells trees for timber
- 制陶工人 zhìtáogōngrén potter
- 制鞋工人 zhìxiégōngrén shoemakera person who works in the manufacture or repair of footwear