Lesson 2 — Business people 生意人 Business Chinese Information and Chinese vocabulary for doing business in China.

保安 (bao3 an1) Security

财务处 (cai2 wu4 chu3) Finance department

财务处长 (cai2 wu4 chu4 zhang3) CFO

副主任 (fu4 zhu3 ren4) Deputy Director

副总裁 (fu4 zong3 cai2) Vice President (VP)

副总经理 (fu4 zong3 jing1 li3) Deputy CEO

工程师 (gong1 cheng2 shi1) Engineer

工人 (gong1 ren2) Worker

雇员 (gu4 yuan2) Employee

雇主 (gu4 zhu3) Employer

广告部 (guang3 gao4 bu4) Marketing Department

合伙人 (he2 huo3 ren2) Partner

合同工 (he2 tong2 gong1) Contractor

接待人员 (jie1 dai4 ren2 yuan2) Receptionist

科长 (ke1 zhang3) Director

会计 (kuai4 ji4) Accounting

临时工 (lin2 shi2 gong1) Temp worker

秘书 (mi4 shu1) Secretary

清洁工 (qing1 jie2 gong1) Janitor

人事部 (ren2 shi4 bu4) Human Resources

守卫 (shou3 wei4) Guard

销售部 (xiao1 shou4 bu4) Sales Department

销售员 (xiao1 shou4 yuan2) Sales person

研发 (yan2 fa1) Research & Development

职工 (zhi2 gong1) Employee

主任 (zhu3 ren4) Director

总工程师 (zong3 gong1 cheng2 shi1) Chief Engineer

总会计师 (zong3 kuai4 ji4 shi1) Chief Financial Office CFO
车间主任 (che1 jian1 zhu3 ren4) Director of a division in a factory

处,科,室 The hierarchy in a company is that 室 reports to科 , 科 reports to 处 (chu3 ke1 shi4) . Not all companies have this hierarchy.

处长 (chu4 zhang3) Director

董事 (dong3 shi4) Board Member

董事长 (dong3 shi4 chang2) Board President

董事会 (dong3 shi4 hui4) Company Board

理财部 (li3 cai2 bu4) Finance department

总裁 (zong3 cai2) CEO or Chairman

总经理 (zong3 jing1 li3) Chief Executive Office (CEO)

组长 (zu3 zhang3) Group leader