用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 现金 現金 xiàn jīn cash syn 费用 費用 fèi yòng cost / expenditure / expense / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] syn 负担 負擔 fù dān to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc) / burden syn 花费 花費 huā fèi expense / cost / to spend (time or money) / expenditure syn 份子 fèn zi one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift 兑现 兌現 duì xiàn (of a check etc) to cash / to honor a commitment syn 救济 救濟 jiù jì emergency relief / to help the needy with cash or goods syn 开胃 開胃 kāi wèi to whet the appetite / appetizing / to amuse oneself at sb's expense / to tease 不便 bù biàn inconvenient / inappropriate / unsuitable / short of cash syn 资 資 zī resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 报销 報銷 bào xiāo to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement / to write off / to wipe out syn 库存 庫存 kù cún property or cash held in reserve / stock / inventory syn 收银机 收銀機 shōu yín jī cash register / check out counter 收支 shōu zhī cash flow / financial balance / income and expenditure syn 占便宜 佔便宜 zhàn pián yi advantageous / favorable / to benefit at others' expense / to take unfair advantage syn 保证金 保證金 bǎo zhèng jīn earnest money / cash deposit / bail / margin (in derivative trading) syn 现钱 現錢 xiàn qián cash syn 周转 週轉 zhōu zhuǎn to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 公费 公費 gōng fèi at public expense 腰缠万贯 腰纏萬貫 yāo chán wàn guàn lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom) / carrying lots of money / extremely wealthy / loaded syn 现款 現款 xiàn kuǎn cash syn 万贯 萬貫 wàn guàn ten thousand strings of cash / very wealthy / millionaire 自费 自費 zì fèi at one's own expense / self-funded 捉襟见肘 捉襟見肘 zhuō jīn jiàn zhǒu lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom) / strapped for cash / unable to make ends meet syn 讨巧 討巧 tǎo qiǎo to act cleverly to get what one desires / to get the best at least expense syn 变现 變現 biàn xiàn to realize (an asset) / to liquidate / to sell for cash / to monetize syn 兑付 兌付 duì fù to cash (a check) syn 结余 結餘 jié yú balance / cash surplus syn 经济作物 經濟作物 jīng jì zuò wù cash crop (economics) syn 小金库 小金庫 xiǎo jīn kù supplementary cash reserve / private fund / private hoard / slush fund 头寸 頭寸 tóu cùn (finance) cash position / position syn 垫付 墊付 diàn fù to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later syn 结存 結存 jié cún balance / cash in hand syn 货到付款 貨到付款 huò dào fù kuǎn cash on delivery (COD) 银行存款 銀行存款 yín háng cún kuǎn a bank account / cash held in bank account (accountancy) 冤枉钱 冤枉錢 yuān wang qián wasted money / pointless expense 现金流量 現金流量 xiàn jīn liú liàng cash flow 现金流 現金流 xiàn jīn liú cash flow 套现 套現 tào xiàn to convert (an asset) into cash / to cash out 现金流量表 現金流量表 xiàn jīn liú liàng biǎo cash flow statement 公派 gōng pài to send sb abroad at the government's expense 公费医疗 公費醫療 gōng fèi yī liáo medical treatment at public expense 巧立名目 qiǎo lì míng mù to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account) 一团和气 一糰和氣 yī tuán hé qì (idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle) syn 报帐 報帳 bào zhàng to render an account / to submit an expense account / to apply for reimbursement syn 周转金 週轉金 zhōu zhuǎn jīn revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover 吊 弔 diào a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4] syn 兑 兌 duì to cash / to exchange / to add (liquid) / to blend / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp / ☱ syn 贯 貫 guàn to pierce through / to pass through / to be stringed together / string of 1000 cash syn 偏废 偏廢 piān fèi to give unequal emphasis to / doing some things at the expense of others syn 损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn 包干制 包乾制 bāo gān zhì a system of payment partly in kind and partly in cash 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 老外 lǎo wài (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 副食品 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula) syn 平滑肌 píng huá jī smooth muscle (anatomy) / non-striated muscle syn 无产者 無產者 wú chǎn zhě proletariat / non-propertied person syn 不粘锅 不粘鍋 bù zhān guō non-stick pan 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...) 副食 fù shí non-staple food / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 实名 實名 shí míng real-name (registration etc) / non-anonymous 有色金属 有色金屬 yǒu sè jīn shǔ non-ferrous metals (all metals excluding iron, chromium, manganese and their alloys) 不承认 不承認 bù chéng rèn non-recognition 不定期 bù dìng qī non-scheduled / irregularly 无我 無我 wú wǒ anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self") 非主流 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream 明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn 蛮夷 蠻夷 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian 无生命 無生命 wú shēng mìng non-living / inanimate / lifeless 东夷 東夷 dōng yí Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC 奶精 nǎi jīng non-dairy creamer 不干预 不幹預 non-intervention 十六国 十六國 shí liù guó Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439) / also written 五胡十六國|五胡十六国 夷狄 yí dí non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians 赵紫阳 趙紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then 番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn 泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn 夷 yí non-Han people, esp. to the East of China / barbarians / to wipe out / to exterminate / to tear down / to raze syn 荤 葷 hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene syn 非政府 fēi zhèng fǔ non-governmental 连轴转 連軸轉 lián zhóu zhuàn (coll.) to work non-stop / to work around the clock syn 