Business Chinese
This list contains essential business Chinese vocabulary for beginner to intermediate learners — from company and contract terms to words used in meetings, sales, and finance. It’s practical for emails, presentations, and basic negotiations.
- 商务 shāngwù — commercial affairs; business; commerce; commercial
- 生意 shēngyì — life force; vitality
- 公司 gōngsī — company; firm; corporation
- 企业 qǐyè — company; firm; enterprise; corporation
- 合同 hétong — contract; agreement
- 订单 dìngdān — (purchase) order; a request to buy goods or services
- 客户 kèhù — client; customer (a person or organization that buys goods or services)
- 合作 hézuò — to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
- 投资 tóuzī — investment (capital put into a project, company, etc.)
- 市场 shìchǎng — market; marketplace; bazaar; (economics) market
- 营销 yíngxiāo — marketing
- 销售 xiāoshòu — to sell; to market
- 财务 cáiwù — financial affairs; finance
- 会计 kuàijì — accountant (a person who prepares or examines financial accounts)
- 利润 lìrùn — profits (financial gain)
- 成本 chéngběn — costs (e.g. manufacturing, production)
- 收入 shōurù — to take in; to receive (money, goods, etc.)
- 支出 zhīchū — to spend; to pay out (money)
- 预算 yùsuàn — budget (planned allocation of money)
- 资产 zīchǎn — property; assets (economic resources owned by a person or organization)
- 负债 fùzhài — to be in debt; to incur debts
- 股份 gǔfèn — a share (in a company); stock
- 股东 gǔdōng — shareholder; stockholder
- 经理 jīnglǐ — manager; director; someone who handles administration or runs a department/company
- 员工 yuángōng — staff; personnel; employee
- 招聘 zhāopìn — to invite applications for a job; to recruit
- 培训 péixùn — to train; to give training to
- 会议 huìyì — meeting; conference
- 报告 bàogào — to inform; to report; to make known
- 项目 xiàngmù — item; an individual entry in a list
- 生产 shēngchǎn — to produce; to manufacture (products, goods)
- 物流 wùliú — logistics; the management and distribution of goods (business)
- 运输 yùnshū — to transport; to carry (goods, people)
- 贸易 màoyì — trade; commercial exchange
- 进出口 jìnchūkǒu — importation and exportation; import‑export (trade)
- 价格 jiàgé — price
- 议价 yìjià — to bargain; to negotiate a price
- 品牌 pǐnpái — brand name; trademark
- 广告 guǎnggào — advertisement; commercial
- 合并 hébìng — to merge; to combine; to annex
- 收购 shōugòu — to purchase or acquire in bulk (esp. by a state or organization)
- 风险 fēngxiǎn — risk; danger; possibility of loss or harm
- 保险 bǎoxiǎn — insurance (financial product)
- 税务 shuìwù — taxation; tax affairs; tax administration (the government service/activities that collect taxes)
- 法律 fǎlǜ — law; laws (the body of rules established by a government or society)
- 许可 xǔkě — to allow; to permit
- 发票 fāpiào — invoice; receipt; bill (commercial document acknowledging payment or sale)
- 付款 fùkuǎn — to pay (a sum of money)
- 结算 jiésuàn — to settle a bill; to close an account
- 信用 xìnyòng — trustworthiness; reliability (personal or institutional)
- 银行 yínháng — bank (financial institution)