day 60banks and property

banks and property

Talk about banks, loans and property, and say “the more… the more” and “increasingly” the written way with 愈……愈…… and 日益.

today’s words

• 興建 xīngjiàn · build, construct (large projects)
• 漁民 yúmín · fisherman, fishing people
• 民營 mínyíng · privately run
• 流通 liútōng · circulate, flow
• 解約 jiěyuē · cancel a contract
• 活期 huóqí · current, on demand (account)
• 證券 zhèngquàn · securities, stocks and bonds
• 不動產 bùdòngchǎn · real estate, property
• 財政 cáizhèng · public finance
• 壟斷 lǒngduàn · monopolize
• 外資 wàizī · foreign capital
• 抵押 dǐyā · mortgage, pledge (as security)
• 兌現 duìxiàn · cash (a cheque); honour (a promise)
• 批發 pīfā · wholesale
• 致富 zhìfù · get rich
• 紅利 hónglì · dividend, bonus
• 利率 lìlǜ · interest rate
• 總額 zǒng'é · total amount
• 日益 rìyì · increasingly, day by day
• 設想 shèxiǎng · imagine, envisage; idea
• 微小 wéixiǎo · tiny, minute
• 再生 zàishēng · renewable, recycled
• 愈 yù · the more (愈……愈……)
• 愈來愈 yùláiyù · more and more (written)

sentences

• 臺北的房子愈來愈貴了。 · Flats in Taipei keep getting more and more expensive.
• 外資日益增加，股市也跟著上漲。 · Foreign investment keeps growing, and the stock market is rising with it.
• 這幾年政府的財政日益困難。 · The government’s finances have been getting tighter every year.
• 漁民說，海裡的魚愈來愈少了。 · The fishermen say there are fewer and fewer fish in the sea.
• 他用紅利開了一家水果批發店。 · He used his bonus to open a fruit wholesale business.