Learn the Chinese Financial Regulators Use (1 -12 August 2016)

十个生词从两个星期新闻

Even though the two source institutions - the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Financial Supervisory Commission of the Republic of China - are financial institutions, I have extracted 1 technology, 1 telecom’s technology, and 8 finance Chinese language terminology for vocabulary expansion into these niche domains.

English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
foreign (currency ) exchange reserves	外汇储备	Wàihuì chúbèi
Fraudulent activity	欺诈活動	Qīzhà huódòng
Mortgage	按揭	ànjiē
Press release	新闻稿	Xīnwén gǎo
Mobile Applications	流动应用	Liúdòng yìngyòng
Personal data	其个人资料	Qí gèrén zīliào
Transaction	交易	Jiāoyì
Charge-off /Write-off	撇帐额	Piē zhàng é
Holding company	控股公司	Kònggǔ gōngsī
Futures	期货	Qíhuò

Hanzi in the Main Terminology

外 wài	汇 huì	储 chǔ	备 bèi
欺 qī	诈 zhà	活 huó	期 qī	货 huò
按 àn	揭 jiē	新 xīn	闻 wén	稿 gǎo
流 liú	动 dòng	应 yìng	用 yòng
其 qí	个 gè	人 rén	资 zī	料 liào
交 jiāo	易 yì	撇 piě	帐 zhàng	额 é
控 kòng	股 gǔ	公 gōng	司 sī

Simplified Traditions

12 of the above simplified characters have a different traditional form

汇 = 匯	储 = 儲	备 = 備	诈 = 詐
闻 = 聞	动 = 動	应 = 應	个 = 個
资 = 資	帐 = 帳	额 = 額	货 = 貨

Word in Use

From: 香港最新外匯儲備資產數字 /

Hong Kong’s Latest Foreign Currency Reserve Assets Figures Released

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 5 August 2016.

• 香港於2016年7月底的官方外匯儲備資產為3,629億美元（2016年6月底為3,607億美元）（附件）。
• The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (Friday) that the official foreign currency reserve assets of Hong Kong amounted to US$362.9 billion as at the end of July 2016 (end-June 2016: US$360.7 billion) (Annex).

The Order of Things

English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
Mass (of an object)	质量	zhìliàng
Diameter	直径	zhíjìng
Rotational Period	自转周期	zìzhuǎn zhōuqí
(Solar) Revolution Period	公转周期	gōngzhuàn zhōuqí

Last Fortnight’s Terminology

This Fortnight's Japanese Terminology 

Sources

Hong Kong Monetary Authority	http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk93n1 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk93n1eng http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk93n2-3 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk93n4-7 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk93n8
Financial Supervisory Commission	http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk93n9-10
Investopedia.com

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Learn Chinese with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Huawei (18-29 July 2016)

十个生词从两个星期新闻

Two sources ― Huawei and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority ― provided the source material from which 10 telecommunications, technology, and finance terms were selected for study and incorporation in a jargon laden work-life. All source material was issued between 18 and 29 July 2016.

English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
Cost of Funds/Capital	資金成本	Zījīn chéngběn
Hyperlink	超連結	Chāo liánjié
Floating (Interest) Rate	浮息	Fú xī
Maturity Date	屆滿日期	Jièmǎn rìqí
Data protection	数据保护方面	Shùjù bǎohù fāngmiàn
Open Source Technology	开源技术	Kāiyuán jìshù
Microwave	微波	Wéibō
Backhaul	回程传输	Huíchéng chuánshū
Globalization	全球化	Quánqiú huà
Customer Centric	客户为中心	Kèhù wéi zhōngxīn

Hanzi in the Main Terminology

資 zī	金 jīn	成 chéng	本 běn
超 chāo	連 lián	結 jì	浮 fú	息 xī
屆 jiè	滿 mǎn	日 rì	期 qī
数 shù	据 jù	保 bǎo	护 hù	方 fāng
开 kāi	源 yuán	技 jì	术 shù	面 miàn
微 wēi	波 bō	全 quán	球 qiú	化 huà
回 huí	程 chéng	传 chuán	输 shū
客 kè	户 hù	为 wéi	中 zhōng	心 xīn

Word in Use

From: The  Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 有關BNP Paribas的欺詐網站, 20 July 2016

Fraudulent website related to BNP Paribas

• 連接至該新聞稿的超連結已上載於金管局網站，以便市民查閱。
• Hyperlink to the press release have been uploaded on the HKMA website for ease of reference by members of the public.

Notes

• Yes, 微波(Wéibō) means microwave and 微博 (Wéibó) means microblog (AKA a tweet).

The Order of Things

The Order of Things is a new section for this blog, listing out common sets of terms that fall within Tech, Telecom, Finance, Marketing, and allied sciences.  This time around we look at planet names.

English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
Neptune	海王星	Hǎiwángxīng
Uranus	天王星	Tiānwángxīng
Saturn	土星	Tǔxīng
Jupiter	木星	Mùxīng
Mars	火星	Huǒxīng
Earth	地球	Dìqiú
Venus	金星	Jīnxīng
Mercury	水星	Shuǐxīng
Planets	行星	Xíngxīng

Last Fortnight’s Terminology  | Next Fortnight's Terminology

This Fortnight’s Japanese Terminology

Sources

Huawei	http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91n5-6 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91n7-8 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91n9-10
Monetary Authority of Hong Kong	http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91-92n1 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91n2 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91n2eng http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91n3 http://bit.ly/10CWordsWk91n4
MBAlib.com, investopedia.com

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