交流 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) 换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else) 储备 儲備 chǔ bèi to store up / reserves syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 交易所 jiāo yì suǒ exchange / stock exchange 总机 總機 zǒng jī central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 寒暄 hán xuān to exchange conventional greetings / to exchange pleasantries 蕴藏 蘊藏 yùn cáng to hold in store / to contain (untapped reserves etc) syn 外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) 储量 儲量 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc) 存量 cún liàng reserves 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn 储备粮 儲備糧 chǔ bèi liáng grain reserves 蕴藏量 蘊藏量 yùn cáng liàng reserves / amount still in store 公积金 公積金 gōng jī jīn official reserves / accumulated fund syn 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 创汇 創匯 chuàng huì to earn foreign exchange syn 国家外汇管理局 國家外匯管理局 guó jiā wài huì guǎn lǐ jú State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) 结汇 結匯 jiē huì foreign exchange settlement 结汇 結匯 jié huì foreign exchange settlement 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 收汇 收匯 shōu huì foreign exchange collection (finance) 浮动汇率 floating exchange rate / flexible exchange rate 储备金 儲備金 chǔ bèi jīn reserves (bank) 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn 交换 交換 jiāo huàn to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country 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] 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 替换 替換 tì huàn to exchange / to replace / to substitute for / to switch syn 外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn 兑换 兌換 duì huàn to convert / to exchange syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 换成 換成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into syn 异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 互换 互換 hù huàn to exchange syn 调换 調換 diào huàn to exchange / to change places / to swap syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 客套 kè tào polite greeting / civilities / to exchange pleasantries syn 汇票 匯票 huì piào bill of exchange / bank draft syn 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 持平 chí píng to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased syn 纳斯达克 納斯達克 nà sī dá kè NASDAQ (stock exchange) 汇率 匯率 huì lǜ exchange rate 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister 三包 sān bāo "three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund syn 对调 對調 duì diào to swap places / to exchange roles syn 留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 唇枪舌剑 唇槍舌劍 chún qiāng shé jiàn (idiom) to cross verbal swords / to have a heated verbal exchange syn 投桃报李 投桃報李 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. syn 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade 平价 平價 píng jià reasonably priced / inexpensive / to keep prices down / (currency exchange) parity 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 通货 通貨 tōng huò currency / (old) exchange of goods syn 退换 退換 tuì huàn to exchange (a purchased item) 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 证交所 證交所 zhèng jiāo suǒ stock exchange 互通有无 互通有無 hù tōng yǒu wú (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance / to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls / to reciprocate with material assistance / to scratch each other's back syn 舶来品 舶來品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods / foreign goods syn 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable syn 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 自养 自養 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 外资 外資 wài zī foreign investment 独资 獨資 dú zī wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment 外电 外電 wài diàn reports from foreign news agencies 西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times) 互访 互訪 hù fǎng exchange visits 巡捕 xún bǔ to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) syn 外患 wài huàn foreign aggression syn 