商 shāng commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient) syn 商业 商業 shāng yè business / trade / commerce syn 信用 xìn yòng trustworthiness / (commerce) credit / (literary) to trust and appoint 正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub syn 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 孵化 fū huà breeding / to incubate / innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing) syn 商会 商會 shāng huì chamber of commerce 脱手 脫手 tuō shǒu (not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc) / to get rid of / to unload syn 市面 shì miàn the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) syn 中锋 中鋒 zhōng fēng (sports) midfielder / (basketball) center / (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] 工商 gōng shāng industry and commerce 站长 站長 zhàn zhǎng person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc 阿里巴巴 ā lǐ bā bā Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company 商贸 商貿 shāng mào trade and commerce syn 托拉斯 tuō lā sī trust (commerce) (loanword) 商务部 商務部 shāng wù bù Department of Trade / Department of Commerce 意向书 意向書 yì xiàng shū letter of intent (LOI) (commerce) 网点 網點 wǎng diǎn (computing) node in a network / (commerce) sales outlet / branch / service center / (illustration) screentone / halftone dot 重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) syn 交割 jiāo gē delivery (commerce) syn 承兑 承兌 chéng duì (commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise) 商学 商學 shāng xué business studies / commerce as an academic subject 电子商务 電子商務 diàn zǐ shāng wù e-commerce 信息中心 xìn xī zhōng xīn information center / abbr. for 中國人權民運信息中心|中国人权民运信息中心[Zhong1 guo2 ren2 quan2 min2 yun4 xin4 xi1 zhong1 xin1], Information center for human rights and democracy, Hong Kong 易趣 yì qù EachNet, Chinese e-commerce company (formerly owned by eBay and branded as eBay EachNet) 娱乐中心 娛樂中心 yú lè zhōng xīn amusement park / recreation center / entertainment center 商誉 商譽 shāng yù (commerce) prestige / reputation / (accounting) goodwill 国际商会 國際商會 guó jì shāng huì International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 报盘 報盤 bào pán offer / to make an offer (commerce) 产地证 產地證 chǎn dì zhèng certificate of origin (CO or CoO) (commerce) 贸 貿 mào commerce / trade syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 心 xīn heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn 中心 zhōng xīn center / heart / core syn 当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn 中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 市中心 shì zhōng xīn city center / downtown 市区 市區 shì qū urban district / downtown / city center syn 围绕 圍繞 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue) syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 拘留所 jū liú suǒ detention center / prison syn 收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center 重心 zhòng xīn center of gravity / central core / main part syn 戒毒所 jiè dú suǒ drug rehabilitation center 司令部 sī lìng bù headquarters / military command center 中枢 中樞 zhōng shū center / hub / the central administration syn 看守所 kān shǒu suǒ detention center syn 商城 shāng chéng shopping center / department store syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 边远 邊遠 biān yuǎn far from the center / remote / outlying syn 回收站 huí shōu zhàn recycling center / waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin 闹市 鬧市 nào shì downtown area / city center 人中 rén zhōng philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point 牛棚 niú péng cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen 集散地 jí sàn dì distribution center 皇城 huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center 圆心 圓心 yuán xīn center of circle 正当中 正當中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle syn 服务中心 服務中心 fú wù zhōng xīn service center 研究中心 yán jiū zhōng xīn research center 购物中心 購物中心 gòu wù zhōng xīn shopping center 活动中心 活動中心 huó dòng zhōng xīn activity center / CL:處|处[chu4] 呼叫中心 hū jiào zhōng xīn call center 客户服务中心 客戶服務中心 kè hù fú wù zhōng xīn customer service center 指挥中心 指揮中心 zhǐ huī zhōng xīn command center 发展研究中心 發展研究中心 fā zhǎn yán jiū zhōng xīn Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution) 中心点 中心點 zhōng xīn diǎn center / central point / focus 洗浴中心 xǐ yù zhōng xīn bathing and recreation center 五方 wǔ fāng the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers syn 医学中心 醫學中心 yī xué zhōng xīn medical center 天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1] 靶心 bǎ xīn center of target / bull's eye 银楼 銀樓 yín lóu silverware store / jewelry center 转运站 轉運站 zhuǎn yùn zhàn distribution depot / staging post / transit center 右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 央 yāng center / end / to beg / to plead syn 老城区 老城區 lǎo chéng qū old city district / historical center 僻 pì (bound form) remote / out of the way / off-center / eccentric syn 卡纳维拉尔角 卡納維拉爾角 kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[Ken3 ni2 di2 Hang2 tian1 Zhong1 xin1] 月中 yuè zhōng the middle of the month / (Tw) (coll.) postpartum care center (abbr. for 月子中心[yue4zi5 zhong1xin1]) syn 天台 tiān tāi Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗 / Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang 水立方 shuǐ lì fāng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 日心说 日心說 rì xīn shuō heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe 鹄 鵠 gǔ center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target syn 简化行政、商业、运输手续及惯例中心 簡化行政、商業、運輸手續及慣例中心 United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport / Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport 加沙妇女事务中心 Women's Affairs Center - Gaza Women's Affairs Center 民用生物防卫策略中心 民用生物防衛策略中心 Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies / Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies 美国国际劳工团结中心 美國國際勞工團結中心 American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Solidarity Center 中美文化研究中心 zhōng - měi wén huà yán jiū zhōng xīn the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, located in Nanjing, est. 1986 (formally, the Johns Hopkins University - Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies) 国家重点学科 國家重點學科 guó jiā zhòng diǎn xué kē National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law) 船方 chuán fāng ship (commerce) 软库 軟庫 ruǎn kù Softbank corporation, Japanese e-commerce firm 电子化营业 電子化營業 diàn zǐ huà yíng yè e-commerce (computing) 工商会 工商會 gōng shāng huì Chamber of Commerce and Industry 下订单 下訂單 xià dìng dān to place an order (commerce) 工商管理局 gōng shāng guǎn lǐ jú Business Administration and Commerce 关于在电子商务中保护消费者的准则 Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce 