day 49made in China

made in China

Talk about how goods are made, stored and bought: makers, raw materials, orders and stock.

today’s words

• 厂家 chǎngjiā · manufacturer, factory
• 厂商 chǎngshāng · manufacturer, firm
• 产地 chǎndì · place of origin
• 产出 chǎnchū · to produce, turn out
• 国产 guóchǎn · made in China, domestic
• 制品 zhìpǐn · products, goods (made of …)
• 原料 yuánliào · raw material
• 原材料 yuáncáiliào · raw materials
• 工序 gōngxù · step in production
• 仓库 cāngkù · warehouse
• 供应 gōngyìng · to supply
• 供给 gōngjǐ · supply (economics)
• 采购 cǎigòu · to purchase (for a firm)
• 订单 dìngdān · order (for goods)
• 现货 xiànhuò · goods in stock
• 定制 dìngzhì · to custom-make
• 高端 gāoduān · high-end
• 商标 shāngbiāo · trademark, logo
• 劳动力 láodònglì · labour force, workers
• 通用 tōngyòng · general-purpose, universal
• 专用 zhuānyòng · for a special use
• 足 zú · enough; fully, as much as
• 前期 qiánqī · early stage
• 后期 hòuqī · later stage
• 情形 qíngxing · situation, circumstances

sentences

• 这件衬衫是国产的，产地就在南方。 · This shirt is made in China, in the south.
• 仓库里的箱子东一个、西一个，到处都是。 · There are boxes here, there and everywhere in the warehouse.
• 他说话东一句、西一句，大家都听不懂。 · He talks in bits and pieces, and nobody can follow him.
• 凡是采购来的原材料都要检查，有缺陷的一律退回。 · All the raw materials we buy are checked, and any faulty ones are sent straight back.
• 工厂规模庞大，每年产出上百万件塑料制品。 · The factory is huge: it turns out over a million plastic items a year.