I have put together some words, phrases pertaining to "business" in this post. If you know of others, please share in the comment section.
sêng1li2 生理 |
business, trade, commerce |
sheng1yi5 生意 |
sêng1li2 dua7tang3 生理大賺|生理大赚 |
thriving and prosperous business or trade |
sheng1yi4xing1long2 生意興隆|生意兴隆 |
生意興隆 said as sêng1i3 hêng1long5 |
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sêng1li2 oh4 zo3 生意惡做|生意恶做 |
business having a difficult time, not much
business |
生意難做|生意难做 |
keg4ziah8 zoi7 guê3 nang5gê1 乞食㩼過人家|乞食㩼过人家 |
business having a difficult time, not much
business |
生意難做|生意难做 |
keg4ziah8 乞食 |
beggars |
qi3gai4 乞丐 |
nang5gê1 人家 |
households, families |
ren2jia1 人家 |
keg4ziah8 zoi7 guê3 nang5gê1 direct translation
is: “There are more beggars than households.” |
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bho5 sêng1li2 無生理|无生理 |
no business |
沒生意|没生意 |
zo3sêng1li2 做生理 |
to do business |
zuo4sheng1yi4 做生意 |
cion2sêng1li2 搶生理|抢生理 |
to undercut competitors, to compete for business |
qiang3sheng1yi5 搶生意|抢生意 |
Do remember if you want to hear the sounds of any of the above characters, copy and paste the Simplified character onto CZYZD to hear the sound. CZ stands for Chaozhou 潮州, the Mandarin pronunciation for Teochew and Y stands for Yin 音 which is sound in Mandarin and ZD stands for zidian 字典 which is character dictionary.
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