day 63imports and exports

imports and exports

Talk about exports, exchange rates, savings and loans, and say “from time to time” and “every time” with 不時 and 每每.

today’s words

• 國營 guóyíng · state-run
• 景氣 jǐngqì · the economy, business climate
• 外銷 wàixiāo · export (for sale abroad)
• 轉帳 zhuǎnzhàng · transfer (money between accounts)
• 幣值 bìzhí · currency value
• 出超 chūchāo · (have a) trade surplus
• 證券行 zhèngquànháng · brokerage, stockbroker’s office
• 開盤 kāipán · open (the market)
• 入超 rùchāo · (have a) trade deficit
• 所得 suǒdé · income, earnings
• 投保 tóubǎo · take out insurance
• 成品 chéngpǐn · finished product
• 互惠 hùhuì · mutually beneficial
• 匯票 huìpiào · money order, bank draft
• 借貸 jièdài · borrow and lend; loans
• 名下 míngxià · in someone’s name
• 期貨 qíhuò · futures
• 不時 bùshí · from time to time, every so often
• 實質 shízhí · substance, essence; real
• 形態 xíngtài · form, shape, pattern
• 支撐 zhīchēng · prop up, support
• 每每 měiměi · every time, whenever

sentences

• 他不時看看手機，好像在等什麼消息。 · He kept glancing at his phone, as if he were waiting for news.
• 每每遇到困難，他都會打電話給媽媽。 · Whenever he runs into trouble, he calls his mum.
• 幣值穩定，對外銷的公司很重要。 · A stable currency matters a lot to exporters.
• 這家國營公司去年改成民營了。 · This state-run company was privatised last year.
• 兩國簽了互惠的貿易協議。 · The two countries signed a mutually beneficial trade agreement.