| 职业 | zhí yè | occupation / profession / vocation / professional |   |
| 行当 | háng dang | profession / role (acting) | |
| 自由职业 | zì yóu zhí yè | self-employed / profession | |
| 行 |  háng | row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column | |
| 工 | gōng | work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor | |
| 同行 | tóng háng | person of the same profession / of the same trade, occupation or industry | |
| 执业 | zhí yè | to work in a profession (e.g. doctor, lawyer) / practitioner / professional | |
| 从业人员 | cóng yè rén yuán | employee / person employed in a trade or profession | |
| 同人 | tóng rén | people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc | |
| 转业 | zhuǎn yè | to change one's profession / to transfer to civilian work | |
| 本行 | běn háng | one's line / one's own profession | |
| 改行 | gǎi háng | to change profession | |
| 转行 | zhuǎn háng | to change profession | |
| 旧业 | jiù yè | one's old profession / trade of one's forebears | |
| 祭酒 | jì jiǔ | to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China | |
| 安家立业 | ān jiā lì yè | stable household, established profession (idiom) / settled and comfortably off | |
| 隔行如隔山 | gé háng rú gé shān | different trades, worlds apart (idiom) / to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book | |
| 在行 | zài háng | to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession | |
| 摸爬滚打 | mō pá gǔn dǎ | to go through challenging experiences / to become seasoned (in one's profession etc) | |
| 改业 | gǎi yè | to change profession or business | |
| 蹑足 | niè zú | to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people) | |
| 辍业 | chuò yè | to give up work / to give up one's profession | |
| 阿拉伯促进司法和法律职业独立中心 | | Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession | |
| 阿拉伯促进司法和法律专业独立中心 | | Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession | |
| 法律职业独立标准 | | Standards for the Independence of the Legal Profession | |
| 世界教育工作者组织联合会 | | World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession | |
| 绝门儿 | jué mén r | extinct profession / lost trade / unique skill / astonishing / fantastic | |
