保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) syn 公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day syn 开业 開業 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) 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 公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare / public interest 民意 mín yì public opinion / popular will / public will syn 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 商学院 商學院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 公用 gōng yòng public / for public use 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom syn 生意经 生意經 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense 众怒 眾怒 zhòng nù public anger / public outrage syn 公休 gōng xiū to have a public holiday / to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 事业单位 事業單位 shì yè dān wèi public institution / (Tw) business enterprise / company / firm 公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification 公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility 公共事业 公共事業 gōng gòng shì yè public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 华商晨报 華商晨報 huá shāng chén bào China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报) 公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse syn 公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial syn 克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly 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 事情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 办公室 辦公室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 生意 shēng yi business / CL:筆|笔[bi3] 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 老板 老闆 lǎo bǎn boss / business proprietor / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 公园 公園 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) / CL:座[zuo4] syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine / (of personality) upbeat / energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny) syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 公众 公眾 gōng zhòng public syn 事务所 事務所 shì wù suǒ business office / firm 公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal syn 大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn 商业 商業 shāng yè business / trade / commerce syn 经营 經營 jīng yíng to engage in (business etc) / to run / to operate syn 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn 隐私 隱私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy syn 行业 行業 háng yè trade / profession / industry / business syn 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 公布 公佈 gōng bù to announce / to make public / to publish syn 名片 míng piàn (business) card syn 商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn 开放 開放 kāi fàng to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality 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 业务 業務 yè wù business / professional work / service / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 曝光 pù guāng exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) syn 财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public) / financial 露面 lòu miàn to show one's face / to appear (in public) syn 正事 zhèng shì one's proper business 出差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip syn 办公 辦公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) syn 经纪 經紀 jīng jì to manage (a business) / manager / broker syn 公关 公關 gōng guān public relations 管闲事 管閒事 guǎn xián shì to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business syn 公交 gōng jiāo public transportation / mass transit / abbr. for 公共交通[gong1 gong4 jiao1 tong1] 营业 營業 yíng yè to do business / to trade syn 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business) syn 勾当 勾當 gòu dàng shady business syn 公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital) syn 风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 招牌 zhāo pai signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business syn 公务 公務 gōng wù official business syn 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 流水 liú shuǐ running water / (business) turnover syn 正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright / respectable / decent / (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable syn 忙活 máng huo to be really busy / pressing business 当众 當眾 dāng zhòng in public / in front of everybody syn 公务员 公務員 gōng wù yuán civil servant / public servant syn 例行公事 lì xíng gōng shì routine business / usual practice / mere formality 公墓 gōng mù public cemetery 张扬 張揚 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash syn 运营 運營 yùn yíng to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation / service syn 公共场所 公共場所 gōng gòng chǎng suǒ public place 公款 gōng kuǎn public money syn 舆论 輿論 yú lùn public opinion syn 公诉人 公訴人 gōng sù rén district attorney / public prosecutor / procurator 业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn 公用电话 公用電話 gōng yòng diàn huà public phone / CL:部[bu4] syn 开办 開辦 kāi bàn to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up syn 