造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 市场 市場 shì chǎng marketplace / market / bazaar / (economics) market syn 收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn 上市 shàng shì to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market) syn 种植 種植 zhòng zhí to plant / to grow (a crop) / to cultivate syn 庄稼 莊稼 zhuāng jia farm crop syn 不菲 bù fěi considerable (cost etc) / bountiful (crop etc) / high (social status etc) syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 行情 háng qíng market price / quotation of market price / the current market situation syn 市值 shì zhí market capitalization / market value 作物 zuò wù crop syn 尖子 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop syn 销路 銷路 xiāo lù sale / market / state of the market / sales event 霜冻 霜凍 shuāng dòng frost / frost damage (to crop) 稻米 dào mǐ rice (crop) syn 庄稼地 莊稼地 zhuāng jia dì crop land / arable land syn 百里挑一 百裡挑一 bǎi lǐ tiāo yī one in a hundred / cream of the crop syn 收市 shōu shì to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) syn 丰产 豐產 fēng chǎn high yield / bumper crop syn 稻子 dào zi rice (crop) / unhulled rice syn 市场潜力 市場潛力 shì chǎng qián lì market potential / market possibility 内销 內銷 nèi xiāo to sell in the domestic market / domestic market 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 试种 試種 shì zhòng test planting / crop grown on a trial basis 随行就市 隨行就市 suí háng jiù shì (of a price) to fluctuate according to the market / to sell at the market price 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 秋播 qiū bō sowing in autumn (for a crop in spring) 蟊贼 蟊賊 máo zéi insect that damages cereal crop seedlings / (lit. and fig.) vermin / a person harmful to the country and the people syn 岁 歲, 𡻕 suì classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) syn 季 jì season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields syn 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) syn 尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn 茬 chá stubble (crop residue) / stubble (hair growth) / classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop / sth just said or mentioned syn 歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn 冒头 冒頭 mào tóu to emerge / to crop up / a little more than syn 嗉 膆 sù the crop of a bird 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 油料作物 yóu liào zuò wù oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc) / oil-bearing crop 丰登 豐登 fēng dēng plentiful harvest / bumper crop syn 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 稼 jià to sow grain / (farm) crop syn 馑 饉 jǐn time of famine or crop failure 市 shì market / city / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 销售 銷售 xiāo shòu to sell / to market / sales (representative, agreement etc) syn 出售 chū shòu to sell / to offer for sale / to put on the market syn 推销 推銷 tuī xiāo to market / to sell syn 开拍 開拍 kāi pāi to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market) syn 房产 房產 fáng chǎn real estate / the property market (e.g. houses) 塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn 进场 進場 jìn chǎng to enter the venue / to enter the arena / (aviation) to approach the airfield / (investing) to get into the market 黑市 hēi shì black market 集市 jí shì market / bazaar / fair syn 亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc 股市 gǔ shì stock market 据点 據點 jù diǎn stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence 反弹 反彈 fǎn tán to bounce / to bounce back / to boomerang / to ricochet / rebound (of stock market etc) / bounce / backlash / negative repercussions syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 攻占 攻佔 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc) syn 囤积 囤積 tún jī to stock up / to lay in supplies / to hoard (for speculation) / to corner the market in sth syn 市价 市價 shì jià market value 回升 huí shēng to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc) syn 市集 shì jí fair / market (in a public place) / small town syn 空头 空頭 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling) syn 穆迪 mù dí Moody's, company specializing in financial market ratings 市场价 市場價 shì chǎng jià market price 持平 chí píng to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased syn 行销 行銷 xíng xiāo to sell / to market / marketing syn 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 菜市场 菜市場 cài shì chǎng food market 农贸市场 農貿市場 nóng mào shì chǎng farmer's market 红海 紅海 hóng hǎi (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3]) 挂牌 掛牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) syn 夜市 yè shì night market 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster syn 自由市场 自由市場 zì yóu shì chǎng free market 熊市 xióng shì bear market 市场经济 市場經濟 shì chǎng jīng jì market economy 注资 注資 zhù zī to inject funds / to put money into (the market) syn 开盘 開盤 kāi pán to commence trading (stock market) syn 出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market 收盘 收盤 shōu pán market close 市场占有率 市場佔有率 shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜ market share 抢滩 搶灘 qiǎng tān to make an amphibious assault / to seize a beachhead / to gain a foothold in (a new market) 看涨 看漲 kàn zhǎng bull market (prices appear to be rising) 开市 開市 kāi shì (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading / to make the first transaction of the day syn 牛市 niú shì bull market 面市 miàn shì to hit the market (of a new product) 加码 加碼 jiā mǎ to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode syn 菜市 cài shì food market 占有率 zhàn yǒu lǜ market share 赶集 趕集 gǎn jí to go to market / to go to a fair syn 菜场 菜場 cài chǎng food market 独霸 獨霸 dú bà to dominate (a market etc) / to monopolize syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 早市 zǎo shì morning market 楼市 樓市 lóu shì real estate market 