伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner / fellow / mate / waiter / servant / shop assistant 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 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment syn 商店 shāng diàn store / shop / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 咖啡店 kā fēi diàn café / coffee shop syn 酒馆 酒館 jiǔ guǎn tavern / pub / wine shop syn 咖啡馆 咖啡館 kā fēi guǎn café / coffee shop / CL:家[jia1] syn 店主 diàn zhǔ shop owner syn 招牌 zhāo pai signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business syn 打烊 dǎ yàng to close shop in the evening / also pr. [da3 yang2] syn 店铺 店鋪 diàn pù store / shop syn 店员 店員 diàn yuán shop assistant / salesclerk / salesperson syn 幌子 huǎng zi shop sign / signboard / (fig.) pretense syn 星巴克 xīng bā kè Starbucks, US coffee shop chain 就业 就業 jiù yè to get a job / employment 花店 huā diàn flower shop 快餐店 kuài cān diàn fast food shop syn 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 发廊 髮廊 fà láng hair salon / hairdresser's shop / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 货架 貨架 huò jià shelf for goods / shop shelf 修理厂 修理廠 xiū lǐ chǎng repair shop 找事 zhǎo shì to look for employment / to pick a quarrel syn 求职 求職 qiú zhí to seek employment syn 店面 diàn miàn shop front 门面 門面 mén mian shop front / facade / CL:間|间[jian1] / prestige syn 铺子 鋪子 pù zi store / shop syn 下放 xià fàng to delegate / to decentralize / to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside syn 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 商铺 商舖 shāng pù shop / store 零售店 líng shòu diàn shop / retail store 受聘 shòu pìn hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family syn 裁缝店 裁縫店 cái féng diàn tailor's shop syn 营业员 營業員 yíng yè yuán clerk / shop assistant / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 待业 待業 dài yè to wait for employment / to be unemployed syn 店家 diàn jiā (old) shopkeeper / innkeeper / (dialect) shop / store syn 老字号 老字號 lǎo zì hào shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 收市 shōu shì to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business 专营店 專營店 zhuān yíng diàn exclusive agency / franchised shop / authorized store 谋职 謀職 móu zhí to look for a job / to seek employment syn 字号 字號 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop 位次 wèi cì place (in numbered sequence) / degree on employment scale syn 导购 導購 dǎo gòu shopper's guide / shop assistant / sales staff 开店 開店 kāi diàn to open shop 逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street 网店 網店 wǎng diàn online shop 咖啡厅 咖啡廳 kā fēi tīng coffee shop syn 就业机会 就業機會 jiù yè jī huì employment opportunity / job opening 就业率 就業率 jiù yè lǜ employment rate 网上商店 wǎng shàng shāng diàn virtual shop 放人 fàng rén release (n. employment) 揭牌 jiē pái to unveil the plaque for (a school, shop, stadium etc) / to inaugurate / to officially open 茶庄 茶莊 chá zhuāng tea shop 就业培训 就業培訓 jiù yè péi xùn employment training 就业政策 就業政策 employment policy 促进就业 cù jìn jiù yè employment promotion 铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 tiě fàn wǎn secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl) 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 就业状况 就業狀況 jiù yè zhuàng kuàng status in employment 女店员 女店員 nǚ diàn yuán salesgirl / female shop assistant 咖啡室 kā fēi shì coffee shop 店 diàn inn / old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]) / (bound form) shop / store syn 铺 鋪 pù plank bed / place to sleep / shop / store / (old) relay station syn 馆 館 guǎn building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:家[jia1] syn 肆 sì four (banker's anti-fraud numeral) / unrestrained / wanton / (literary) shop syn 垆 壚 lú clay / shop 延请 延請 yán qǐng to employ / to send for sb promising employment syn 夫妻店 fū qī diàn family-run shop 幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain 黑户 黑戶 hēi hù unregistered resident or household / unlicensed shop 酒铺 酒鋪 jiǔ pù tavern / wine shop 陈货 陳貨 chén huò shop-worn goods / remnants 速食店 sù shí diàn fast food shop 门脸 門臉 mén liǎn shop front / facade syn 店伙 diàn huǒ shop assistant / shop clerk 盘店 盤店 pán diàn to buy a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets / to sell a business (shop, restaurant etc) and all its assets syn 酒肆 jiǔ sì wine shop / liquor store / bottle shop / bar / pub 财东 財東 cái dōng shop owner / moneybags syn 代销店 代銷店 dài xiāo diàn outlet / commission shop / agency syn 唐楼 唐樓 táng lóu tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China) 槽坊 cáo fang brewery / papermaking craft shop (in former times) 营业时候 營業時候 yíng yè shí hou opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant) 票庄 票莊 piào zhuāng money shop (ancient form of banking business) 美体小铺 美體小舖 měi tǐ xiǎo pù The Body Shop (UK cosmetics company) 华润万家 華潤萬家 huá rùn wàn jiā CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China 货比三家 貨比三家 huò bǐ sān jiā to shop around (idiom) 质铺 質鋪 zhì pù pawn shop 速食餐厅 速食餐廳 sù shí cān tīng fast food shop 酒帘 jiǔ lián wine shop sign 酒馆儿 酒館兒 jiǔ guǎn r a hotel / a restaurant / a wine shop 铺保 鋪保 pù bǎo shop's guarantee 铺家 鋪家 pù jiā store / shop 铺底 鋪底 pù dǐ shop fittings 