水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 代价 代價 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing) 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 生活费 生活費 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony syn 无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost 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 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort syn 伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn 耗资 耗資 hào zī to spend / expenditure / to cost 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 生意经 生意經 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 价款 價款 jià kuǎn cost 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 要花 yào huā cost; 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 物流成本 wù liú chéng běn logistic cost 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) 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 成本会计 成本會計 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting syn 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses 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) 