水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 代价 代價 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing) 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 工程 gōng chéng engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] 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 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 开工 開工 kāi gōng to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation) / to start a construction job syn 廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced / low-cost syn 对准 對準 duì zhǔn to aim at / to target / to point at / to be directed at / registration / alignment (mechanical engineering) syn 绕道 繞道 rào dào to go by a roundabout route / to take a detour / (medicine or civil engineering) bypass syn 分担 分擔 fēn dān to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 划算 huá suàn to calculate / to weigh (pros and cons) / to view as profitable / worthwhile / value for money / cost-effective syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 线圈 線圈 xiàn quān solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil syn 生活费 生活費 shēng huó fèi cost of living / living expenses / alimony syn 工程学 工程學 gōng chéng xué engineering 无偿 無償 wú cháng free / no charge / at no cost syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 化工 huà gōng chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4xue2 gong1ye4]) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4xue2 gong1cheng2]) 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 转嫁 轉嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn to take a lot of trouble (idiom) / painstaking / at the cost of a lot of effort syn 伙食费 伙食費 huǒ shí fèi food expenses / board expenses / meals (cost) syn 工事 gōng shì defensive structure / military fortifications / (Tw) construction works / civil engineering works syn 耗资 耗資 hào zī to spend / expenditure / to cost 路基 lù jī (civil engineering) roadbed 造价 造價 zào jià construction cost 土木 tǔ mù building / construction / civil engineering syn 理工 lǐ gōng science and engineering as academic subjects 工科 gōng kē engineering as an academic subject 工学院 工學院 gōng xué yuàn school of engineering / college of engineering 运价 運價 yùn jià fare / transport cost 标定 標定 biāo dìng to stake out (the boundaries of a property etc) / to demarcate / (engineering etc) to calibrate 电学 電學 diàn xué electrical engineering 价款 價款 jià kuǎn cost 性价比 性價比 xìng jià bǐ cost-performance ratio 理工大学 理工大學 lǐ gōng dà xué University of Science and Engineering / also sometimes Institute of Technology 工业大学 工業大學 gōng yè dà xué technical university / engineering college 低成本 dī chéng běn low cost / inexpensive 工程设计 gōng chéng shè jì engineering design 要花 yào huā cost; 轻工 輕工 qīng gōng light engineering 生物工程 shēng wù gōng chéng bioengineering / genetic engineering 水利工程 shuǐ lì gōng chéng hydraulic engineering syn 土建 tǔ jiàn civil engineering / same as 土木工程[tu3 mu4 gong1 cheng2] 工学 工學 gōng xué engineering / industrial science 土木工程 tǔ mù gōng chéng civil engineering syn 成本核算 chéng běn hé suàn cost accounting 机械工程 機械工程 jī xiè gōng chéng mechanical engineering 中国工程院 中國工程院 zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn Chinese Academy of Engineering 电气工程 電氣工程 diàn qì gōng chéng electrical engineering 不划算 bù huá suàn it isn't worth it / not cost-effective / not profitable / too expensive 基因工程 jī yīn gōng chéng genetic engineering 内衬 內襯 nèi chèn lining (of a container etc) (engineering) 理工科 lǐ gōng kē science and engineering as academic subjects 信令 xìn lìng signaling (engineering) 化学工程 化學工程 huà xué gōng chéng chemical engineering 补强 補強 bǔ qiáng (engineering) to reinforce (a structure) / to strengthen / (fig.) to rectify shortcomings 物流成本 wù liú chéng běn logistic cost 工程处 工程處 Engineering Service 人工费 人工費 rén gōng fèi labor cost 差分 chā fēn (math.) increment / difference / (engineering) differential 成本会计 成本會計 chéng běn kuài jì cost accounting syn 主材 zhǔ cái principal or main material (engineering) 工程图 工程圖 gōng chéng tú engineering graphics / technical drawing 蜗杆 蝸杆 wō gǎn worm (mechanical engineering) 供水工程 water supply engineering 人工成本 rén gōng chéng běn labour cost 误工费 誤工費 wù gōng fèi cost of lost labor 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 费 費 fèi to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses syn 遗传工程 遺傳工程 yí chuán gōng chéng genetic engineering 核工程 hé gōng chéng nuclear engineering 顺水人情 順水人情 shùn shuǐ rén qíng to do sb a favor at little cost 食玉炊桂 shí yù chuī guì food is more precious than jade and firewood more expensive than cassia (idiom) / the cost of living is very high 成本数据格式 cost data format / format for the cost data / cost format 生活费津贴 生活費津貼 shēng huó fèi jīn tiē cost-of-living allowance / cost-of-living adjustment 生活费调整数 生活費調整數 cost-of-living allowance / cost-of-living adjustment 每日口粮费用 每日口糧費用 daily ration food basket cost / ration cost 廉航 lián háng low-cost carrier / low-cost airline / budget airline (abbr. for 廉價航空|廉价航空[lian2 jia4 hang2 kong1]) 引水工程 yǐn shuǐ gōng chéng water-induction engineering / irrigation engineering 地震工程和工程地震学研究所 Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology 亚太农业工程与机械中心 United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery / Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery 工程主任 gōng chéng zhǔ rèn chief engineering officer / chief civilian engineering officer 技术试验卫星 技術試驗衛星 Engineering Test Satellite / Japanese Engineering Test Satellite 日本技术试验卫星 日本技術試驗衛星 Engineering Test Satellite / Japanese Engineering Test Satellite 低费用 低費用 dī fèi yòng low cost 经济有效 經濟有效 jīng jì yǒu xiào cost-effective 经营费用 經營費用 jīng yíng fèi yòng business cost / business expense 边际成本 邊際成本 biān jì chéng běn marginal cost 到岸价 到岸價 dào àn jià cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) (transportation) 加工成本 jiā gōng chéng běn processing cost 吃大亏 吃大虧 chī dà kuī to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly 栈租 棧租 zhàn zū warehouse rent / cost of storage 机会成本 機會成本 jī huì chéng běn opportunity cost 正常成本 zhèng cháng chéng běn normal cost (accountancy) 