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 员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 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 录取 錄取 lù qǔ to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate) 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 开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) 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 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 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 转调 轉調 zhuǎn diào (music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post 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 查岗 查崗 chá gǎng to check the guard posts / (coll.) to check up on sb (spouse, employee etc) 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 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker 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 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 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 从业人员 從業人員 cóng yè rén yuán employee / person employed in a trade or profession 录用 錄用 lù yòng to hire (an employee) / to accept (a manuscript) for publication syn 营运 營運 yíng yùn running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc) 商报 商報 shāng bào business newspaper 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 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 雇员 雇員 gù yuán employee 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 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) 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 开销 開銷 kāi xiāo to pay (expenses) / expenses / (old) to dismiss (an employee) syn 景气 景氣 jǐng qì (of economy, business etc) flourishing / prosperous syn 政府官员 政府官員 zhèng fǔ guān yuán government employee 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 