日 rì sun / day / date, day of the month syn 那天 nà tiān that day / the other day 经常 經常 jīng cháng frequently / constantly / regularly / often / day-to-day / everyday / daily syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 白天 bái tiān daytime / during the day / day / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 纪念日 紀念日 jì niàn rì day of commemoration / memorial day syn 日常 rì cháng day-to-day / daily / everyday syn 改天 gǎi tiān another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check 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 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 日益 rì yì day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day syn 日渐 日漸 rì jiàn to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day / more (or better etc) with each passing day syn 劳动节 勞動節 láo dòng jié International Labor Day (May Day) 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 当日 當日 dàng rì that very day / the same day syn 改日 gǎi rì another day / some other day syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn 生意经 生意經 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense 大后天 大後天 dà hòu tiān three days from now / day after day after tomorrow 艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day 吉日 jí rì propitious day / lucky day syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 收市 shōu shì to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business 江河日下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 逐日 zhú rì day-by-day / daily / on a daily basis syn 成日 chéng rì all day long / the whole day / the whole time syn 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 光棍节 光棍節 guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day 青年节 青年節 qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 日臻 rì zhēn to reach day after day for 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) 植树节 植樹節 zhí shù jié Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4] 国际劳动节 國際勞動節 guó jì láo dòng jié May Day / International Labor Day (May 1) 流水账 流水賬 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day 天 tiān day / sky / heaven syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time 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 每天 měi tiān every day syn 星期 xīng qī week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday 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 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn 今 jīn now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc) 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 末日 mò rì last day / end / final days / doomsday syn 感恩节 感恩節 gǎn ēn jié Thanksgiving Day 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 至今 zhì jīn so far / to this day / until now 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 放学 放學 fàng xué to dismiss students at the end of the school day syn 望 朢 wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4] 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 天天 tiān tiān every day syn 业务 業務 yè wù business / professional work / service / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 当天 當天 dàng tiān the same day syn 情人节 情人節 qíng rén jié Valentine's Day 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 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time 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 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 假日 jià rì a holiday / a day off 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 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day 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 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 时分 時分 shí fēn time / period during the day / one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支 syn 半天 bàn tiān half of the day / a long time / quite a while / midair / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 