主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 信用卡 xìn yòng kǎ credit card 身份证 身份證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card / ID 卡片 kǎ piàn card syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 王牌 wáng pái trump card syn 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn 贺卡 賀卡 hè kǎ greeting card / congratulation card 纸牌 紙牌 zhǐ pái playing card syn 通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 请柬 請柬 qǐng jiǎn invitation card / written invitation syn 扑克牌 撲克牌 pū kè pái poker (card game) / playing card / CL:副[fu4] syn 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 请帖 請帖 qǐng tiě invitation card / written invitation syn 桥牌 橋牌 qiáo pái contract bridge (card game) 打法 dǎ fǎ to play (a card) / to make a move in a game 盗取 盜取 dào qǔ to steal (including identity theft, credit card fraud or theft of computer account) / to misappropriate syn 圣诞卡 聖誕卡 shèng dàn kǎ Christmas card 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 黑桃 hēi táo spade ♠ (in card games) 胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú to plan in advance (idiom) / a card up one's sleeve / forewarned is forearmed syn 学生证 學生證 xué sheng zhèng student identity card 红牌 紅牌 hóng pái red card (sports) 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 红桃 紅桃 hóng táo heart ♥ (in card games) 借书证 借書證 jiè shū zhèng library card 生意经 生意經 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense 磁卡 cí kǎ magnetic card / IC Card (telephone) 黄牌 黃牌 huáng pái (sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment 网卡 網卡 wǎng kǎ network adapter card (computing) 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 梭哈 suō hā five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") 贺年卡 賀年卡 hè nián kǎ New Year greeting card 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 帖子 tiě zi card / invitation / message / (forum) post 显卡 顯卡 xiǎn kǎ video card / display card (computer) 声卡 聲卡 shēng kǎ sound card 充值 chōng zhí to recharge (money onto a card) 银行卡 銀行卡 yín háng kǎ bank card / ATM card 刷卡 shuā kǎ to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) 大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or successful person / self-important 存储卡 存儲卡 cún chǔ kǎ memory card 读卡器 讀卡器 dú kǎ qì card reader 显示卡 顯示卡 xiǎn shì kǎ graphics card 充值卡 chōng zhí kǎ rechargeable card / to recharge a card 电话卡 電話卡 diàn huà kǎ telephone card 斗地主 鬥地主 dòu dì zhǔ dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game) 智能卡 zhì néng kǎ smart card 身份证明 身份證明 shēn fèn zhèng míng ID card / proof of identity 发卡 發卡 fā kǎ to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck syn 记忆卡 記憶卡 jì yì kǎ memory card 杀手锏 殺手鐧 shā shǒu jiǎn (fig.) trump card syn 借记卡 借記卡 jiè jì kǎ debit card 换证 換證 huàn zhèng to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance 手机充值卡 手機充值卡 shǒu jī chōng zhí kǎ phone recharge card 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 身分证 身分證 shēn fèn zhèng identity card / also written 身份證|身份证[shen1 fen4 zheng4] 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 卡纸 卡紙 kǎ zhǐ cardboard / card stock 储蓄卡 儲蓄卡 chǔ xù kǎ debit card 华商晨报 華商晨報 huá shāng chén bào China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报) 卡式 kǎ shì (of a device) designed to accept a cassette, cartridge or canister (loanword from "cassette") / designed to have a card or ticket inserted (also written 插卡式[cha1 ka3 shi4]) (loanword from "card") 中国银联 中國銀聯 zhōng guó yín lián China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization 牡丹卡 mǔ dan kǎ Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) 储值卡 儲值卡 chǔ zhí kǎ stored-value card / prepaid card (telephone, transport etc) 胸牌 xiōng pái badge / name tag / ID card (worn on the chest) 外卡 wài kǎ (sports) wild card (loanword) 长城卡 長城卡 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China) 大头照 大頭照 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc) 交通卡 jiāo tōng kǎ public transportation card / prepaid transit card / subway pass 撒手锏 撒手鐧 sā shǒu jiǎn (fig.) trump card 叫牌 jiào pái to bid (bridge and similar card games) 提款卡 tí kuǎn kǎ debit card / ATM card 卡 kǎ to stop / to block / (computing) (coll.) slow / (loanword) card / CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] / truck (from "car") / calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]) / cassette syn 牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn 刷 shuā a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc) syn 帖 tiě invitation card / notice syn 满贯 滿貫 mǎn guàn to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success syn 生日卡 shēng rì kǎ birthday card 二十一点 二十一點 èr shí yī diǎn blackjack (card game) 柬 jiǎn card / note / letter / old variant of 揀|拣[jian3] syn 八达通 八達通 bā dá tōng Octopus (Hong Kong smart card system for electronic payments) 卡牌 kǎ pái playing card 贺年片 賀年片 hè nián piàn New Year's card / CL:張|张[zhang1] 万智牌 萬智牌 wàn zhì pái Magic the gathering (online fantasy game of card collecting and battling) 事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 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 syn 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 生意 shēng yi business / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 老板 老闆 lǎo bǎn boss / business proprietor / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 事务所 事務所 shì wù suǒ business office / firm 商业 商業 shāng yè business / trade / commerce syn 经营 經營 jīng yíng to engage in (business etc) / to run / to operate syn 