Learn Business Chinese - Working Arrangement

Hi there, I know you are a busy businessman or businesswoman who wants to make the best of your time and doesn’t want to waste it by reading some boring and meaningless article. Then, this text is specially written for you! Let’s check it out how to talk about working arrangement with people in Chinese!
First things first: you need to know these key words and expressions:
Company - gōngsī 公司

Supplier - gòngyìngshāng 供应商

Assistant - zhùlǐ 助理
General manager - zǒng jīnglǐ 总经理
Schedule - rìchéng biǎo 日程表
Email box- yóuxiāng 邮箱
To check email - kàn yóujiàn 看邮件
Supplier - gòngyìngshāng供应商 Assistant - zhùlǐ助理 General manager - zǒng jīnglǐ 总经理 Schedule - rìchéng biǎo 日程表 Email box- yóuxiāng 邮箱 Email - yóu jiàn邮件 To check email - kàn yóujiàn看邮件 To have a meeting - kāihuì 开会
To meet a client - jiàn kèhù 见客户
To visit a factory - cānguān gōngchǎng 参观工厂
To invite a client to eat - qǐng kèhù chīfàn 请客户吃饭
To sign a contract - qiān hétóng 签合同
Do remember, when you talk about your work arrangements by using the words above, use this basic Chinese sentence structure:
Subject + Time + Accompany + Place + Verb + Object.
For example:
wǒ míngtiān shàngwǔ bā diǎn yào hé zhìzàoshāng yìqǐ qù gōngchǎng jiàn gòngyìngshāng.
我明天上午八点要和制造商一起去工厂见供应商。
However, we don’t usually need to have all the elements in just one sentence, but do remember that time expression is placed before place and followed by verb and object. And sometimes when Chinese people are speaking, they often place the time at the beginning of the sentence, so don’t be surprised!
In the following dialogue between David and his assitant, let’s see what are they talking about related to David’s schedule.
Zhùlǐ：Zǎoshang hǎo，David xiānsheng. Zhège xīngqī de rìchéng biǎo, wǒ yǐjīng fā dào nín de yóuxiāng le.
David: Xièxie, wǒ kàndào le, rìchéng ānpái de búcuò.
Zhùlǐ: Jīntiān shàngwǔ 9:00 nín xiān hé bùmén jīnglǐ kāihuì, ránhòu yīqǐ qù cānguān gòngyīngshāng de gōngchǎng. Zhōngwǔ nín hái yào jiàn yīgè kèhù, bìng yǔ kèhù yīqǐ chīfàn.
David: hǎode, wǒ zhīdào le.
Zhù lǐ: Zhège xīng qī, wǒ zhuānmén wéi nín liú le yīgè xiàwǔ de zìyóu shíjiān, nín kěyǐ chùlǐ yīxiē sīrén wèntí.
David: Xièxie, qǐng bāng wǒ dìng yī zhāng xià ge xīngqī èr qù Shànghǎi de jīpiào hǎoma?
Zhùlǐ: Méi wèntí.
助理：早上好，David先生。这一周的日程表，我已经发到您的邮箱了。
David: 谢谢，我看到了，日程安排得不错。
助理：今天上午9:00您先和部门经理开会，然后一起去参观供应商的工厂。中午您还要见一个客户，并与客户一起吃饭。
David: 好的，我知道了。
助理：这个星期，我专门为您留了一个下午的自由时间，您可以处理一些私人问题。
David：谢谢，请帮我订一张下个星期二去上海的机票好吗？
助理：没问题。
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