伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner / fellow / mate / waiter / servant / shop assistant syn 搭档 搭檔 dā dàng to cooperate / partner syn 伙伴 huǒ bàn partner / companion / comrade syn 对象 對象 duì xiàng target / object / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 合伙人 hé huǒ rén partner / associate syn 伴侣 伴侶 bàn lǚ companion / mate / partner syn 舞伴 wǔ bàn dancing partner 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked / to strip nude / (coll.) to find oneself a partner 同谋 同謀 tóng móu to conspire with sb / to plot / a conspirator / a partner in crime / an accomplice 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn 相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 伴舞 bàn wǔ to be a dancing partner to sb / to perform as a backup dancer / taxi dancer (hired dancing partner) / escort 陪练 陪練 péi liàn training partner / sparring partner 征婚 徵婚 zhēng hūn to look for a partner 生意经 生意經 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner 合作伙伴 hé zuò huǒ bàn cooperative partner 拍档 拍檔 pāi dàng partner 性伴侣 性伴侶 xìng bàn lǚ sex partner 战略伙伴 戰略伙伴 zhàn lüè huǒ bàn strategic partner 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 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) 找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate 性伙伴 xìng huǒ bàn sexual partner 泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn 伴 bàn partner / companion / comrade / associate / to accompany syn 伙 夥 huǒ companion / partner / group / classifier for groups of people / to combine / together syn 搭伙 dā huǒ to join up with sb / to become partner / to take meals regularly in cafeteria syn 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 姘夫 pīn fū lover (of a woman) / illicit partner / paramour syn 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 隐私 隱私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy syn 行业 行業 háng yè trade / profession / industry / business syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 名片 míng piàn (business) card syn 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 业务 業務 yè wù business / professional work / service / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 正事 zhèng shì one's proper business 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 经纪 經紀 jīng jì to manage (a business) / manager / broker syn 管闲事 管閒事 guǎn xián shì to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business syn 营业 營業 yíng yè to do business / to trade syn 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 勾当 勾當 gòu dàng shady business syn 招牌 zhāo pai signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business syn 公务 公務 gōng wù official business syn 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 流水 liú shuǐ running water / (business) turnover syn 正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright / respectable / decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable syn 忙活 máng huo to be really busy / pressing business 例行公事 lì xíng gōng shì routine business / usual practice / mere formality 运营 運營 yùn yíng to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation / service syn 业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn 开办 開辦 kāi bàn to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up syn 务 務 wù affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means syn 开设 開設 kāi shè to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc) syn 演艺圈 演藝圈 yǎn yì quān show business 出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn 闲事 閑事 xián shì other people's business syn 未了 wèi liǎo unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled 批发商 批發商 pī fā shāng a wholesale business / distributor 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business syn 市面 shì miàn the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) syn 野鸡 野雞 yě jī pheasant / unregistered and operating illegally (business) / (slang) prostitute syn 议事 議事 yì shì to discuss official business syn 商业区 商業區 shāng yè qū business district / downtown 经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business syn 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn 营业额 營業額 yíng yè é sum or volume of business / turnover 公干 公幹 gōng gàn public business / official work syn 演艺界 演藝界 yǎn yì jiè the entertainment world / show business 歇业 歇業 xiē yè to close down (temporarily or permanently) / to go out of business syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 商家 shāng jiā merchant / business / enterprise syn 娱乐界 娛樂界 yú lè jiè the entertainment world / show business 营运 營運 yíng yùn running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc) 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 