5 Chinese Words from Last Week's News (16 February 2015 to 20 February 2015)

从上个星期的新闻学五个中文生词

This time around we have 5 Chinese terms from the domains of technology, telecommunications, and finance from press releases by CHT, Huawei, FET, and the National Communications Commission.

English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
Non-Executive Director	非执行董事	Fēi zhíxíng dǒngshì
Mobile Commerce	行動商務 (traditional) 行动商务 (simplified)	Xíngdòng shāngwù
Value Added Services	加值服務	Jiā zhí fúwù
Cable Television	有線電視 (traditional) 有线电视 (simplified)	Yǒuxiàn diànshì
Chief Information Officer	資訊長 (Taiwan)	Zīxùn zhǎng

Hanzi in the Main Terminology

破 pò	产 chǎn
营 yíng	业 yè	成 chéng	本 běn
常 cháng	务 wù		理 lǐ	事 shì
交 jiāo	互 hù	式 shì
	语 yǔ	音 yīn	应 yìng	答 dá
流 liú	量 liàng	变 biàn	现 xiàn

Notes

• A non-executive director (非执行董事) may be compared with an executive director (执行董事).
• Taiwan's National Communication Commission used the term 資訊長 for Chief Information Officer (CIO). However, mainland press releases tend to use 首席信息官 (shǒuxí xìnxī guān) for CIO. Here are several more C-level positions and their translations.

English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
Chief Financial Officer	首席财务官	Shǒuxí cáiwù guān
Chief Executive Officer	首席执行官	shǒuxí zhíxíng guān
Chief Technical Officer	首席技术官	shǒuxí jìshù guān
Chief Marketing Officer	首席营销官	shǒuxí yíngxiāo guān
Chief Operations Officer	首席运营官	shǒuxí yùnyíng guān

• The character 官 means officer holder in the above cases. It, also, can mean government official.

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Sources

Huawei	http://bit.ly/5CWordsWK17n1
CHT	http://bit.ly/5CWordsWk17n2
FarEasTone	http://bit.ly/5CWordsWk17n3
National Communications Commission	http://bit.ly/5CWordsWk17n4 http://bit.ly/5CWordsWk17n5
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