day 155meetings and deals
unit 21 · business and projectsmeetings and deals
Take part in a business meeting in Chinese: agendas, talks, contracts, agents and partners, and back up a point with 这不 and X得要命.
today’s words
- 会场 huìchǎng · meeting venue, conference hall
- 议程 yìchéng · agenda
- 议题 yìtí · topic for discussion, issue
- 座谈 zuòtán · have an informal discussion
- 商讨 shāngtǎo · discuss, deliberate over
- 商议 shāngyì · confer, talk over
- 磋商 cuōshāng · consult, negotiate (formal)
- 洽谈 qiàtán · talk business, negotiate
- 协商 xiéshāng · negotiate, settle through talks
- 交涉 jiāoshè · take up a matter with, negotiate
- 签约 qiānyuē · sign a contract
- 签署 qiānshǔ · sign (an official document)
- 签 qiān · slip (drawn as a lot); label
- 合约 héyuē · contract
- 承包 chéngbāo · contract for, undertake (a job)
- 承接 chéngjiē · take on (an order, a job)
- 招标 zhāobiāo · invite bids, put out to tender
- 合伙 héhuǒ · go into partnership
- 加盟 jiāméng · join (a group); take a franchise
- 双赢 shuāngyíng · win-win
- 协同 xiétóng · coordinate, work in concert
- 协作 xiézuò · cooperate, collaborate
- 召集 zhàojí · call together, convene
- 拍板 pāibǎn · have the final say, give the go-ahead
- 授权 shòuquán · authorise
- 权限 quánxiàn · limits of authority; access rights
- 所属 suǒshǔ · belonging to, under (a body)
- 附属 fùshǔ · attached, affiliated
- 分支 fēnzhī · branch
- 办事处 bànshìchù · office (local or liaison)
- 事务所 shìwùsuǒ · firm (law, accounting)
- 代理人 dàilǐrén · agent, representative
- 公关 gōngguān · PR, public relations
- 保密 bǎomì · keep secret, confidential
sentences
- 经理召集大家商讨明天的议程。 · The manager called everyone together to go over tomorrow’s agenda.
- 这次合作对双方都是双赢。 · This partnership is a win-win for both sides.
- 签约以前，合约的内容要保密。 · Until we sign, the terms of the contract stay confidential.
- 价格问题，我们可以再协商。 · We can negotiate the price again.
- 这不，又有两家店想加盟。 · See? Two more shops want to join.