行 业 háng yè industry / business 业 务 yè wù business / professional work / service / CL:項|项[xiang4] 事 情 shì qing affair / matter / thing / business / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] 商 业 shāng yè business / trade / commerce 商 务 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 生 意 shēng yi business / CL:筆|笔[bi3] 商 家 shāng jiā merchant / business / enterprise 买 卖 mǎi mài buying and selling / business / business transactions / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4] 事 儿 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] 工 商 业 gōng shāng yè business 商 号 shāng hào store / a business 物 事 wù shì affair / matter / thing / business / articles / goods / materials / thing / stuff / person (derog.) 交 易 jiāo yì (business) transaction / business deal / CL:筆|笔[bi3] 人 家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] 办 公 室 bàn gōng shì office / business premises / bureau / CL:間|间[jian1] 老 板 lǎo bǎn boss / business proprietor / CL:個|个[ge4] 办 公 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) 商 机 shāng jī business opportunity / commercial opportunity 业 绩 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results 运 营 yùn yíng to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation / service 商 场 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world 在 家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1]) 营 业 yíng yè to do business / to trade 企 业 管 理 qǐ yè guǎn lǐ business management 开 设 kāi shè to offer (goods or services) / to open (for business etc) 开 业 kāi yè to open a business / to open a practice / open (for business) 隐 私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy 开 门 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business 常 务 cháng wù routine / everyday business / daily operation (of a company) 轨 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 营 业 额 yíng yè é sum or volume of business / turnover 出 差 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip 挂 牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) 国 企 guó qǐ state-owned enterprise / (Tw) abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理, international business management (as a subject of study) 开 办 kāi bàn to open / to start (a business etc) / to set up 做 生 意 zuò shēng yì to do business 招 牌 zhāo pai signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business 开 张 kāi zhāng to open a business / first transaction of a business day 营 运 yíng yùn running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc) 商 报 shāng bào business newspaper 公 务 gōng wù official business 商 学 院 shāng xué yuàn business school / university of business studies 私 营 企 业 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 歌 坛 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 企 业 集 团 qǐ yè jí tuán business conglomerate 经 商 jīng shāng to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business 议 事 yì shì to discuss official business 商 圈 shāng quān commercial district / business district 华 尔 街 Huá ěr Jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 商 界 shāng jiè business world / business community 办 公 地 址 bàn gōng dì zhǐ business address 景 气 jǐng qì (of economy, business etc) flourishing / prosperous 批 发 商 pī fā shāng a wholesale business / distributor 商 务 中 心 business centre 淡 季 dàn jì off season / slow business season / see also 旺季[wang4 ji4] 自 营 zì yíng self-operated / to operate one's own business 营 业 时 间 yíng yè shí jiān time of business / opening hours (of shop) / working time 配 角 pèi jué supporting role (in play, film etc) / minor role / to play a secondary role (in business etc) / to play second fiddle 车 行 chē háng car-related business / car dealership / taxi company / (commercial) garage 主 业 zhǔ yè main business 同 业 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 演 艺 圈 yǎn yì quān show business 金 融 业 jīn róng yè financial sector / the banking business 正 事 zhèng shì one's proper business 大 和 Dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 圈 内 quān nèi close circle / community / (esp.) the show business milieu 市 面 shì miàn the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) 管 闲 事 guǎn xián shì to meddle / to be a "nosy Parker" / to be too inquisitive about other people's business 铜 牌 tóng pái bronze medal / bronze plaque bearing a business name or logo etc / CL:枚[mei2] 商 业 模 式 shāng yè mó shì business model 大 班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade 商 旅 shāng lu:3 businessmen and travelers / traveling merchant / (Tw) business hotel 勾 当 gòu dàng shady business 出 口 商 chū kǒu shāng exporter / export business 进 口 商 jìn kǒu shāng importer / import business 商 业 区 shāng yè qū business district / downtown 商 业 中 心 shāng yè zhōng xīn business center / commerce center 忙 活 máng huo to be really busy / pressing business 收 市 shōu shì to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business 事 由 shì yóu main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter) 因 公 yīn gōng in the course of doing one's work / on business 交 易 额 jiāo yì é sum or volume of business transactions / turnover 闲 事 xián shì other people's business 执 行 人 zhí xíng rén executioner (hangman) / business executor 小 型 企 业 xiǎo xíng qǐ yè small business 手 笔 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale 归 口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) 打 天 下 dǎ tiān xià to seize power / to conquer the world / to establish and expand a business / to carve out a career for oneself 合 办 hé bàn to cooperate / to do business together 华 商 报 Huá Shāng Bào China Business News (newspaper) 演 艺 界 yǎn yì jiè performing arts circles / show business 经 营 风 险 jīng yíng fēng xiǎn business risk 实 体 店 shí tǐ diàn brick and mortar business / physical (rather than online) retail store 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 停 办 tíng bàn to shut down / to terminate / to cancel / to go out of business 工 商 管 理 硕 士 gōng shāng guǎn lǐ shuò shì Master of Business Administration (MBA) 管 不 着 guǎn bu zháo to have no right or ability to interfere in sth / it's none of your business! 一 落 千 丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive 小 卖 部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business 出 勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business