Chinese Business Vocabulary

I was trying to pick up more Chinese business vocabulary the other day and after searching for a bit I realized that it is really hard to find many quality posts online. I realized that (in my opinion) the personal vocabulary phrasebook I made up for myself is better than most of what comes up in a search.

Hopefully, this list here might be useful to some people who are looking for a rough list of verbs and nouns to expand their knowledge. Some of what is on here are not words that I would use but are maybe generally useful to know in case you hear someone else saying them to you.

This list might have errors since I didn’t run it by a native speaker, but I believe it to generally be correct.

Ordering

• Product — chǎnpǐn 产品

• To Include — hányǒu 含有

• Sample — yàngpǐn 样品

• Catalogue/List — mùlù 目录

• Quoted Price — bàojià 报价

• Types/Kinds/Varieties — zhǒnglèi 种类

• List of Prices — bàojiàdān 报价单

• Showroom — chénlièshì 陈列室

• Showroom — zhǎntīng 展厅 (I don’t fully understand the difference)

• Have talked over the phone — tōngguò diànhuà 通过电话

• To Order — dìnggòu 订购

• Contract — hétóngshū 合同书

• Payment Method — fùkuǎnfāngshì 付款方式

• Payment Collection — tuō shōu fāngshì 托收方式

• Notice of Preparing Goods — bèihuò tōngzhī 备货通知

• A Photocopy — yǐngyìnběn 影印本

• To Place on File — guīdàng 归档

• An Official Written Reply — pīfù 批复

• Letter — shūxìn 书信

• Document — wénjiàn 文件

• Letter of Credit — xìnyòngzhèng 信用证

• Chairman — zǒngcái 总裁

• General Manager — zǒngjīnglǐ 总经理

• Deputy Manager — fùjīnglǐ 副经理

• Secretary — mìshū 秘书

Shipping

• Batch — pīliàng 批量

• Batch Number/Lot Number — pīhào 批号

• Commission — yòngjīn 佣金

• Service Charge — shǒuxùfèi 手续费

• Shipping Company — tuōyùn gōngsī 托运公司

• To Send Out — fā 发

• Address — dìzhǐ 地址

• CIF — Cost Insurance and Freight

• CFR — Cost and Freight

Misc

• Great Respect — jìngyì 敬意

• To Be Honored — róngxìng 荣幸

• On Behalf of (Representative) — dàibiǎo 代表

• To Take Time Out — chōushíjiān 抽时间

• Extremely Busy — bǎimáng 百忙

• To Entertain — kuǎndài 款待

• To Give As a Gift — zèngsòng 赠送

• Souvenir — jìniànpǐn 纪念品

• To Accept Kindly — xiàonà 笑纳

• Cooperation — hézuò 合作

• Smoothly — shùnlì 顺利

• “as you please” — suíbiàn 随便

• Success — chénggōng 成功

• To Toast — jǔbēi 举杯

• Cheers — gānbēi 干杯