Chinese for English speakers Supermarket · Lesson 4

Performances at work

Chinese for business — 商店的销售下降了 (Store sales have dropped) — using 下降 for decrease.

Conversation

  1. PX296 PX296

    商店的销售下降了。

    shāng diàn de xiāo shòu xià jiàng le.

    Our store sales have fallen.

    Tip: 商店<shāngdàn> = shop, store 销售<xiāoshòu> = the sales, the earnings 下降<xiàjiàng> = to drop, to go down

  2. PX296 PX296

    我们必须更加努力工作。

    wǒ men bì xū gèng jiā nǔlì gōng zuò.

    We have to work harder.

    Tip: 必须 <bìxū> = have to, must 更加 <gèngjiā> = even more, further 努力<nǔlì> = to work hard, to make an effort

  3. Yaya Yaya

    可是我们应该怎么办?

    kě shì wǒ men yīng gā zěn me bàn?

    But what shall we do?

    Tip: 怎么办 <zěnmebàn> = what shall we do? How can we get away with it? What's the solution?

  4. Yaya Yaya

    客人很少。

    kè rén hěn shǎo.

    There are so few customers.

    Tip: 客人<kèrén> = customer, guest 少 <shǎo> = few, little

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

Chinese for 'business performance'?

销售 (sales), 上升 (rise/increase), 下降 (drop/decrease), 业绩 (performance), 利润 (profit).

What does 必须 mean?

'Must / have to'. Stronger than 应该 (should). 必须工作 = 'must work'.

Chinese workplace vocabulary?

更加努力 (work harder), 团队合作 (teamwork), 加班 (overtime), 目标 (goal), 业绩 (performance).

Test yourself

Pick the English translation for each line from this lesson. Wrong answers are pulled from other Chinese lessons.

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