Money, business & economy
Prices, banking, companies, trade and the economy.
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Word list: Money, business & economy
Prices, banking, companies, trade and the economy. Below you'll find all 198 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.
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| Chinese | Traditional | Pinyin | English | HSK | Actions: pronunciation, favourites, Interval Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 块 | 塊 | kuài | yuan (colloquial); piece | HSK 1 | |
| 钱 | 錢 | qián | money | HSK 1 | |
| 公司 | gōngsī | company | HSK 2 | ||
| 贵 | 貴 | guì | expensive | HSK 2 | |
| 便宜 | piányi | cheap | HSK 2 | ||
| 分 | fēn, fèn | minute; cent; point | HSK 3 | ||
| 角 | jiǎo, jué | jiao (1/10 yuan); corner; horn | HSK 3 | ||
| 借 | jiè | to borrow; to lend | HSK 3 | ||
| 信用卡 | xìnyòngkǎ | credit card | HSK 3 | ||
| 银行 | 銀行 | yínháng | bank (financial) | HSK 3 | |
| 元 | yuán | yuan; dollar | HSK 3 | ||
| 存 | cún | to deposit; to store | HSK 4 | ||
| 打折 | dǎzhé | to give a discount | HSK 4 | ||
| 付款 | fù kuǎn | to pay (make a payment) | HSK 4 | ||
| 富 | fù | wealthy | HSK 4 | ||
| 顾客 | 顧客 | gùkè | customer (shopper) | HSK 4 | |
| 广告 | 廣告 | guǎnggào | advertisement | HSK 4 | |
| 价格 | 價格 | jiàgé | price | HSK 4 | |
| 经济 | 經濟 | jīngjì | economy | HSK 4 | |
| 竞争 | 競爭 | jìngzhēng | to compete; competition | HSK 4 | |
| 零钱 | 零錢 | língqián | small change | HSK 4 | |
| 免费 | 免費 | miǎn fèi | free | HSK 4 | |
| 穷 | 窮 | qióng | poor | HSK 4 | |
| 生意 | shēngyi | business (trade, deals; colloquial) | HSK 4 | ||
| 省 | shěng | to save (money, time; economize) | HSK 4 | ||
| 收入 | shōurù | income | HSK 4 | ||
| 现金 | 現金 | xiànjīn | cash | HSK 4 | |
| 赚 | 賺 | zhuàn | to earn (make a profit) | HSK 4 | |
| 租 | zū | to rent | HSK 4 | ||
| 保险 | 保險 | bǎoxiǎn | insurance | HSK 5 | |
| 财产 | 財產 | cáichǎn | property | HSK 5 | |
| 产品 | 產品 | chǎnpǐn | product | HSK 5 | |
| 贷款 | 貸款 | dài kuǎn | loan | HSK 5 | |
| 兑换 | 兌換 | duìhuàn | to exchange (currency) | HSK 5 | |
| 发达 | 發達 | fādá | developed | HSK 5 | |
| 发票 | 發票 | fāpiào | invoice; receipt | HSK 5 | |
| 罚款 | 罰款 | fákuǎn | fine | HSK 5 | |
| 繁荣 | 繁榮 | fánróng | prosperous | HSK 5 | |
| 风险 | 風險 | fēngxiǎn | risk | HSK 5 | |
| 工业 | 工業 | gōngyè | industry (manufacturing) | HSK 5 | |
| 股票 | gǔpiào | shares | HSK 5 | ||
| 合同 | hétong | contract | HSK 5 | ||
| 汇率 | 匯率 | huìlǜ | exchange rate | HSK 5 | |
| 节省 | 節省 | jiéshěng | to save; to economize | HSK 5 | |
| 结账 | 結賬 | jiézhàng | to pay the bill | HSK 5 | |
| 进口 | 進口 | jìn kǒu | to import; import | HSK 5 | |
| 经商 | 經商 | jīng shāng | to do business | HSK 5 | |
| 经营 | 經營 | jīngyíng | to run (a business) | HSK 5 | |
| 捐 | juān | to donate | HSK 5 | ||
| 开发 | 開發 | kāifā | to develop | HSK 5 | |
| 利润 | 利潤 | lìrùn | profit | HSK 5 | |
| 利息 | lìxī | interest (on a loan) | HSK 5 | ||
| 利益 | lìyì | benefit (interests, gain) | HSK 5 | ||
| 贸易 | 貿易 | màoyì | trade | HSK 5 | |
| 赔偿 | 賠償 | péicháng | to compensate (formal; damages) | HSK 5 | |
| 破产 | 破產 | pò chǎn | to go bankrupt | HSK 5 | |
| 企业 | 企業 | qǐyè | company (enterprise) | HSK 5 | |
| 欠 | qiàn | to owe; to lack | HSK 5 | ||
| 人民币 | 人民幣 | rénmínbì | renminbi | HSK 5 | |
| 商品 | shāngpǐn | goods | HSK 5 | ||
| 商务 | 商務 | shāngwù | business (commercial affairs) | HSK 5 | |
| 商业 | 商業 | shāngyè | business (commerce, the sector) | HSK 5 | |
| 生产 | 生產 | shēngchǎn | to produce (manufacture) | HSK 5 | |
| 市场 | 市場 | shìchǎng | market | HSK 5 | |
| 收据 | 收據 | shōujù | receipt | HSK 5 | |
| 手续 | 手續 | shǒuxù | formalities | HSK 5 | |
| 双方 | 雙方 | shuāngfāng | both sides; both parties | HSK 5 | |
| 税 | 稅 | shuì | tax | HSK 5 | |
| 损失 | 損失 | sǔnshī | loss | HSK 5 | |
| 谈判 | 談判 | tánpàn | to negotiate; negotiation | HSK 5 | |
| 投入 | tóurù | to put into; to invest; devoted | HSK 5 | ||
| 投资 | 投資 | tóu zī | to invest; investment | HSK 5 | |
| 推广 | 推廣 | tuīguǎng | to popularize; to promote | HSK 5 | |
| 消费 | 消費 | xiāofèi | consumption | HSK 5 | |
| 销售 | 銷售 | xiāoshòu | to sell (market; sales) | HSK 5 | |
| 押金 | yājīn | security deposit | HSK 5 | ||
| 营业 | 營業 | yíngyè | to do business; to be open | HSK 5 | |
| 优惠 | 優惠 | yōuhuì | preferential | HSK 5 | |
| 涨 | 漲 | zhǎng, zhàng | to rise (of prices, water) | HSK 5 | |
| 账户 | 賬戶 | zhànghù | bank account | HSK 5 | |
| 挣 | 掙 | zhèng, zhēng | to earn (money by working) | HSK 5 | |
| 支票 | zhīpiào | check | HSK 5 | ||
| 资金 | 資金 | zījīn | funds | HSK 5 | |
| 昂贵 | 昂貴 | ángguì | expensive (costly; written) | HSK 6 | |
| 报酬 | 報酬 | bàochou | reward | HSK 6 | |
| 报销 | 報銷 | bàoxiāo | to claim expenses; reimbursement | HSK 6 | |
| 本钱 | 本錢 | běnqián | capital (money to start; colloquial) | HSK 6 | |
| 补偿 | 補償 | bǔcháng | to compensate; compensation | HSK 6 | |
| 补贴 | 補貼 | bǔtiē | subsidy | HSK 6 | |
| 财富 | 財富 | cáifù | wealth | HSK 6 | |
| 财务 | 財務 | cáiwù | financial affairs | HSK 6 | |
| 财政 | 財政 | cáizhèng | public finances | HSK 6 | |
| 采购 | 採購 | cǎigòu | to purchase; to procure | HSK 6 | |
| 产业 | 產業 | chǎnyè | industry (sector; property) | HSK 6 | |
| 偿还 | 償還 | chánghuán | to repay | HSK 6 | |
| 畅销 | 暢銷 | chàngxiāo | best-selling | HSK 6 | |
| 钞票 | 鈔票 | chāopiào | paper money | HSK 6 | |
| 成本 | chéngběn | cost (production cost) | HSK 6 | ||
| 成交 | chéngjiāo | to close a deal | HSK 6 | ||
| 承包 | chéngbāo | to contract | HSK 6 | ||
| 赤字 | chìzì | deficit (budget, red ink) | HSK 6 | ||
| 储备 | 儲備 | chǔbèi | reserves | HSK 6 | |
| 储蓄 | 儲蓄 | chǔxù | to save (deposit, savings) | HSK 6 | |
| 代价 | 代價 | dàijià | price (cost paid, sacrifice) | HSK 6 | |
| 担保 | 擔保 | dānbǎo | to guarantee; to vouch for | HSK 6 | |
| 淡季 | dànjì | off season | HSK 6 | ||
| 档次 | 檔次 | dàngcì | grade (quality level) | HSK 6 | |
| 倒闭 | 倒閉 | dǎobì | to go bankrupt; to close down | HSK 6 | |
| 冻结 | 凍結 | dòngjié | to freeze (assets, prices) | HSK 6 | |
| 兑现 | 兌現 | duìxiàn | to cash (a check); to honor (a commitment) | HSK 6 | |
| 发财 | 發財 | fā cái | to get rich | HSK 6 | |
| 法人 | fǎrén | legal entity | HSK 6 | ||
| 贩卖 | 販賣 | fànmài | to sell; to traffic in | HSK 6 | |
| 分红 | 分紅 | fēn hóng | to share dividends; bonus | HSK 6 | |
| 附属 | 附屬 | fùshǔ | subsidiary | HSK 6 | |
| 富裕 | fùyù | rich (wealthy, well-off) | HSK 6 | ||
| 供不应求 | 供不應求 | gōng bú yìng qiú | demand outstrips supply | HSK 6 | |
| 供给 | 供給 | gōngjǐ | to supply; to provide | HSK 6 | |
| 股东 | 股東 | gǔdōng | stockholder | HSK 6 | |
| 股份 | gǔfèn | share; stock | HSK 6 | ||
| 耗费 | 耗費 | hàofèi | to consume; to expend | HSK 6 | |
| 合并 | 合併 | hébìng | to merge | HSK 6 | |
| 合伙 | 合夥 | héhuǒ | to form a partnership | HSK 6 | |
| 合算 | hésuàn | worthwhile | HSK 6 | ||
| 宏观 | 宏觀 | hóngguān | macro- | HSK 6 | |
| 挥霍 | 揮霍 | huīhuò | to squander | HSK 6 | |
| 回报 | 回報 | huíbào | repayment | HSK 6 | |
| 货币 | 貨幣 | huòbì | currency | HSK 6 | |
| 基金 | jījīn | fund | HSK 6 | ||
| 集团 | 集團 | jítuán | group (corporate group, bloc) | HSK 6 | |
| 继承 | 繼承 | jìchéng | to inherit; to carry on | HSK 6 | |
| 交易 | jiāoyì | business transaction | HSK 6 | ||
| 缴纳 | 繳納 | jiǎonà | to pay (taxes, fees) | HSK 6 | |
| 结算 | 結算 | jiésuàn | to settle accounts | HSK 6 | |
| 金融 | jīnróng | finance; financial | HSK 6 | ||
| 经费 | 經費 | jīngfèi | funds (budget, operating expenses) | HSK 6 | |
| 开采 | 開採 | kāicǎi | to mine; to extract | HSK 6 | |
| 开支 | 開支 | kāizhī | expenditures | HSK 6 | |
| 客户 | 客戶 | kèhù | customer (client, account) | HSK 6 | |
| 亏损 | 虧損 | kuīsǔn | deficit (financial loss) | HSK 6 | |
| 扩张 | 擴張 | kuòzhāng | expansion | HSK 6 | |
| 连锁 | 連鎖 | liánsuǒ | chain | HSK 6 | |
| 流通 | liútōng | to circulate; circulation | HSK 6 | ||
| 垄断 | 壟斷 | lǒngduàn | monopoly | HSK 6 | |
| 批发 | 批發 | pīfā | wholesale | HSK 6 | |
| 贫困 | 貧困 | pínkùn | poor (impoverished; formal) | HSK 6 | |
| 洽谈 | 洽談 | qiàtán | to negotiate; to discuss | HSK 6 | |
| 签署 | 簽署 | qiānshǔ | to sign (an agreement) | HSK 6 | |
| 商标 | 商標 | shāngbiāo | trademark | HSK 6 | |
| 奢侈 | shēchǐ | extravagant; luxurious | HSK 6 | ||
| 申报 | 申報 | shēnbào | to declare; to report | HSK 6 | |
| 石油 | shíyóu | oil | HSK 6 | ||
| 实惠 | 實惠 | shíhuì | good value; affordable | HSK 6 | |
| 收益 | shōuyì | earnings | HSK 6 | ||
| 数额 | 數額 | shù'é | amount (sum of money) | HSK 6 | |
| 衰退 | shuāituì | to decline; recession | HSK 6 | ||
| 摊 | 攤 | tān | to spread out | HSK 6 | |
| 条款 | 條款 | tiáokuǎn | clause | HSK 6 | |
| 通货膨胀 | 通貨膨脹 | tōnghuò péngzhàng | inflation | HSK 6 | |
| 投机 | 投機 | tóujī | to speculate; congenial | HSK 6 | |
| 投诉 | 投訴 | tóusù | to complain; complaint | HSK 6 | |
| 推销 | 推銷 | tuīxiāo | to market | HSK 6 | |
| 委托 | 委託 | wěituō | to entrust | HSK 6 | |
| 无偿 | 無償 | wúcháng | free (unpaid, voluntary; formal) | HSK 6 | |
| 物美价廉 | 物美價廉 | wùměijiàlián | good quality and cheap | HSK 6 | |
| 物业 | 物業 | wùyè | property management | HSK 6 | |
| 效益 | xiàoyì | benefit; returns | HSK 6 | ||
| 协议 | 協議 | xiéyì | agreement | HSK 6 | |
| 欣欣向荣 | 欣欣向榮 | xīnxīn xiàng róng | flourishing (thriving; idiom) | HSK 6 | |
| 信誉 | 信譽 | xìnyù | reputation (credibility, trust) | HSK 6 | |
| 兴隆 | 興隆 | xīnglóng | prosperous (of business) | HSK 6 | |
| 兴旺 | 興旺 | xīngwàng | prosperous (thriving, of family/cause) | HSK 6 | |
| 雄厚 | xiónghòu | abundant (of funds, strength) | HSK 6 | ||
| 需求 | xūqiú | requirement | HSK 6 | ||
| 验收 | 驗收 | yànshōu | to check and accept (delivery) | HSK 6 | |
| 盈利 | yínglì | profit (to make a profit; gain) | HSK 6 | ||
| 预算 | 預算 | yùsuàn | budget | HSK 6 | |
| 攒 | 攢 | zǎn | to save up; to accumulate | HSK 6 | |
| 赞助 | 贊助 | zànzhù | to sponsor; sponsorship | HSK 6 | |
| 诈骗 | 詐騙 | zhàpiàn | to defraud; to swindle | HSK 6 | |
| 债券 | 債券 | zhàiquàn | bond | HSK 6 | |
| 招标 | 招標 | zhāobiāo | to invite bids | HSK 6 | |
| 征收 | 徵收 | zhēngshōu | to levy; to impose (taxes) | HSK 6 | |
| 支出 | zhīchū | to spend; expenditure | HSK 6 | ||
| 指标 | 指標 | zhǐbiāo | target (quota, indicator) | HSK 6 | |
| 周转 | 週轉 | zhōuzhuǎn | turnover | HSK 6 | |
| 专利 | 專利 | zhuānlì | patent | HSK 6 | |
| 转让 | 轉讓 | zhuǎnràng | to transfer (ownership) | HSK 6 | |
| 资本 | 資本 | zīběn | capital (economics) | HSK 6 | |
| 资产 | 資產 | zīchǎn | assets; property | HSK 6 | |
| 资助 | 資助 | zīzhù | to fund; to subsidize | HSK 6 | |
| 走私 | zǒu sī | to smuggle | HSK 6 | ||
| 租赁 | 租賃 | zūlìn | to rent; to lease | HSK 6 | |
| 刷卡 | shuākǎ | to pay by card | Daily life | ||
| 银行卡 | 銀行卡 | yínhángkǎ | bank card | Daily life | |
| 取钱 | 取錢 | qǔqián | to withdraw money | Daily life | |
| 换钱 | 換錢 | huànqián | to exchange money | Daily life | |
| 找钱 | 找錢 | zhǎoqián | to give change | Daily life |
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