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 广告 廣告 guǎng gào to advertise / a commercial / advertisement / CL:項|项[xiang4] 贸易 貿易 mào yì (commercial) trade / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 洗衣店 xǐ yī diàn laundry (commercial establishment) 开发商 開發商 kāi fā shāng developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc) 宣传册 宣傳冊 xuān chuán cè commercial brochure / advertising pamphlet / flyer 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 实业 實業 shí yè industry / commercial enterprise syn 经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business syn 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 商机 商機 shāng jī business opportunity / commercial opportunity 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 放空 fàng kōng to relax completely / to empty one's mind / (finance) to sell short / (of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers) / to deadhead 放款 fàng kuǎn to lend money (as a commercial loan) syn 媚俗 mèi sú to cater to the public's taste / kitsch / commercial syn 商埠 shāng bù commercial port / trading port / treaty port (old) 工行 gōng háng ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) / abbr. for 工商銀行|工商银行[Gong1 Shang1 Yin2 hang2] syn 商圈 shāng quān commercial district / business district 中国工商银行 中國工商銀行 zhōng guó gōng shāng yín háng Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) 车行 車行 chē háng car-related business / car dealership / taxi company / (commercial) garage 南京路 nán jīng lù Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai 性交易 xìng jiāo yì prostitution / commercial sex / the sex trade 广告片 廣告片 guǎng gào piàn advertising film / TV commercial 商务印书馆 商務印書館 shāng wù yìn shū guǎn The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897) 商法 shāng fǎ commercial 插播 chā bō to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc / to put a call on hold 牡丹卡 mǔ dan kǎ Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) 商业机构 商業機構 shāng yè jī gòu commercial organization 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 商港 shāng gǎng commercial port / trading harbor 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 状态 狀態 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs) / to work syn 财务 財務 cái wù financial affairs 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate / prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 医务 醫務 yī wù medical affairs 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 内务部 內務部 nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs syn 处事 處事 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with matters syn 出世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs syn 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 海事 hǎi shì maritime affairs / accident at sea syn 红尘 紅塵 hóng chén the world of mortals (Buddhism) / human society / worldly affairs syn 独立自主 獨立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ independent and autonomous (idiom) / self-determination / to act independently / to maintain control over one's own affairs syn 人文 rén wén humanities / human affairs / culture 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands syn 政务 政務 zhèng wù government affairs syn 入世 rù shì to engage with secular society / to involve oneself in human affairs / to join the WTO (abbr. for 加入世界貿易組織|加入世界贸易组织[jia1 ru4 Shi4 jie4 Mao4 yi4 Zu3 zhi1]) 国事 國事 guó shì affairs of the nation / politics syn 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 总务 總務 zǒng wù general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge syn 与世无争 與世無爭 yǔ shì wú zhēng (idiom) to stand aloof from worldly affairs syn 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 国务 國務 guó wù affairs of state syn 咨文 zī wén (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state syn 政事 zhèng shì politics / government affairs syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 世情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world syn 当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn 事体 事體 shì tǐ things / affairs / decorum syn 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 军务 軍務 jūn wù military affairs 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 民政局 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 民政部 mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC 党务 黨務 dǎng wù party affairs / work within the Communist party 矿务局 礦務局 kuàng wù jú mining affairs bureau 民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 国台办 國臺辦 guó tái bàn Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4]) 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 俗事 sú shì everyday routine / ordinary affairs 陆委会 陸委會 lù wěi huì Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陸委員會|大陆委员会 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 内部事务 內部事務 nèi bù shì wù internal affairs 内廷 內廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 军机处 軍機處 jūn jī chù Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty) 档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn 