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 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 务 務 wù affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means syn 经营 經營 jīng yíng to engage in (business etc) / to run / to operate syn 行业 行業 háng yè trade / profession / industry / business syn 业务 業務 yè wù business / professional work / service / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 商业 商業 shāng yè business / trade / commerce syn 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 老板 老闆 lǎo bǎn boss / business proprietor / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 生意 shēng yi business / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 营业 營業 yíng yè to do business / to trade syn 隐私 隱私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy syn 名片 míng piàn (business) card 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 我司 wǒ sī our company (used in business correspondence, contracts etc) (abbr. for 我方公司[wo3 fang1 gong1 si1]) 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip syn 公务 公務 gōng wù official business syn 经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business syn 商圈 shāng quān commercial district / business district 淡季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 车行 車行 chē háng car-related business / car dealership / taxi company / (commercial) garage 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 打天下 dǎ tiān xià to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself syn 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 娱乐界 娛樂界 yú lè jiè the entertainment world / show business 贵方 貴方 guì fāng (in business etc) your side / you 彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn 挤垮 擠垮 jǐ kuǎ to squash / to crush / to squeeze out of business / to drive out 马斯克 馬斯克 mǎ sī kè Elon Musk (1971-), business magnate and co-founder of Tesla Motors 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 票 piào ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:張|张[zhang1] / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions syn 折 shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) syn 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 商机 商機 shāng jī business opportunity / commercial opportunity 商家 shāng jiā merchant / business / enterprise syn 业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn 物流 wù liú distribution (business) / logistics 运营 運營 yùn yíng to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation / service syn 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 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 企业管理 企業管理 qǐ yè guǎn lǐ business management 开设 開設 kāi shè to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc) syn 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) syn 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 常务 常務 cháng wù routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company) 流水 liú shuǐ running water / (business) turnover syn 营业额 營業額 yíng yè é sum or volume of business / turnover 事业单位 事業單位 shì yè dān wèi public institution / (Tw) business enterprise / company / firm 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 挂牌 掛牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) syn 经纪 經紀 jīng jì to manage (a business) / manager / broker syn 国企 國企 guó qǐ state-owned enterprise / (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理[guo2ji4 qi3ye4 guan3li3]) 开办 開辦 kāi bàn to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up syn 做生意 zuò shēng yì to do business syn 招牌 zhāo pai signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 营运 營運 yíng yùn running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc) 商报 商報 shāng bào business newspaper 商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 私营企业 私營企業 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 企业集团 企業集團 qǐ yè jí tuán business conglomerate 议事 議事 yì shì to discuss official business syn 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 办公地址 辦公地址 bàn gōng dì zhǐ business address 景气 景氣 jǐng qì (of economy, business etc) flourishing / prosperous syn 批发商 批發商 pī fā shāng a wholesale business / distributor 商务中心 商務中心 business centre 自营 自營 zì yíng self-operated / to operate one's own business syn 营业时间 營業時間 yíng yè shí jiān business hours / opening hours / office hours 主业 主業 zhǔ yè main business 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 演艺圈 演藝圈 yǎn yì quān show business 正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright / respectable / decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable syn 金融业 金融業 jīn róng yè financial sector / the banking business 正事 zhèng shì one's proper business 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 市面 shì miàn the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) 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 铜牌 銅牌 tóng pái bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:枚[mei2] 工商业 工商業 gōng shāng yè business 商业模式 商業模式 shāng yè mó shì business model 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 商旅 shāng lǚ businessmen and travelers / traveling merchant / (Tw) business hotel syn 勾当 勾當 gòu dàng shady business syn 未了 wèi liǎo unfinished / outstanding (business) / unfulfilled 出口商 chū kǒu shāng exporter / export business 进口商 進口商 jìn kǒu shāng importer / import business 商业区 商業區 shāng yè qū business district / downtown 