day 167costs and profits

costs and profits

Talk about costs, profits and running a business, and ask “how?” in the written way with 如何.

today’s words

• 製造 zhìzào · make, manufacture
• 辭職 cízhí · resign, quit (a job)
• 勞動 láodòng · (physical) labour, work
• 退出 tuìchū · withdraw from, drop out of
• 成本 chéngběn · cost (of making something)
• 風險 fēngxiǎn · risk
• 經營 jīngyíng · run, manage (a business)
• 利潤 lìrùn · profit
• 欠 qiàn · owe
• 損失 sǔnshī · loss; lose
• 營業 yíngyè · do business, be open
• 產 chǎn · produce, yield
• 產量 chǎnliàng · output, yield
• 如何 rúhé · how; how about (written)
• 弄錯 nòngcuò · get wrong, mix up
• 青 qīng · green, blue-green (of nature)
• 縮短 suōduǎn · shorten, cut down
• 脫離 tuōlí · break away from, get out of

sentences

• 小店如何降低成本？ · How can small shops cut their costs?
• 這個問題，你覺得應該如何處理？ · How do you think we should deal with this problem?
• 一旦成本太高，利潤就少了。 · Once costs get too high, profits shrink.
• 他之所以辭職，是因為工作太累了。 · The reason he quit is that the job was too exhausting.
• 這些衣服是臺灣製造的。 · These clothes are made in Taiwan.