day 157on the factory floor
unit 21 · business and projectson the factory floor
Follow a factory tour in Chinese (workshops, production lines, rejects, delivery and reorganisation), say “never”, “not necessarily” and “no need” with the advanced negative adverbs, and grumble with 真是的.
today’s words
- 车间 chējiān · workshop (in a factory)
- 生产线 shēngchǎnxiàn · production line
- 开工 kāigōng · start work, start production
- 出厂 chūchǎng · leave the factory
- 成品 chéngpǐn · finished product
- 次品 cìpǐn · defective product, reject
- 规格 guīgé · specifications, size
- 特制 tèzhì · specially made
- 仿制 fǎngzhì · copy, imitate (a product)
- 组装 zǔzhuāng · assemble
- 纺织 fǎngzhī · spinning and weaving, textiles
- 木匠 mùjiàng · carpenter
- 后勤 hòuqín · logistics, support services
- 调度 diàodù · dispatch, schedule; dispatcher
- 调 diào · tune, key; accent
- 派遣 pàiqiǎn · send, dispatch (people)
- 移交 yíjiāo · hand over, transfer
- 交付 jiāofù · deliver, hand over
- 分发 fēnfā · distribute, hand out
- 演练 yǎnliàn · drill, rehearse
- 演示 yǎnshì · demonstrate
- 照办 zhàobàn · do as told, act accordingly
- 指令 zhǐlìng · instruction, command
- 下令 xiàlìng · give orders, order
- 编制 biānzhì · draw up (a plan); staffing quota
- 组建 zǔjiàn · set up, form (a team)
- 开办 kāibàn · open, set up (a school, business)
- 重组 chóngzǔ · reorganise, restructure
- 整顿 zhěngdùn · overhaul, put in order
- 整合 zhěnghé · integrate, bring together
- 精简 jīngjiǎn · streamline, cut down
- 运转 yùnzhuǎn · run, operate (a machine, a body)
- 运作 yùnzuò · operate, function
- 职能 zhínéng · function (of a body or department)
sentences
- 新的生产线下个月开工。 · The new production line starts up next month.
- 次品绝不能出厂。 · Rejects must never leave the factory.
- 便宜的不见得就是次品。 · Cheap doesn’t necessarily mean defective.
- 车间里请勿吸烟。 · No smoking in the workshop.
- 师傅给我们演示了怎么组装台灯。 · The technician showed us how to assemble the lamp.