World Financial Crisis--世界金融危机

The US financial crisis has had repercussions all over the globe and is well reported in the Chinese press. Here are some vocabulary items:

Economy 经济 jing1ji4
World/Global economy 世界经济 shi4jie4 jing1ji4
International trade 国际贸易 guo2ji4 mao4yi4
Economics 经济学 jing1ji4xue2
Economist 经济学家 jing1ji4 xue2jia1
Economic crisis 经济危机 jing1ji4 wei1ji1
Financial crisis 金融危机 jin1rong2 wei1ji1
Financial crisis/storm 金融风暴 jin1rong2 feng1bao4
Monetary crisis 货币危机 huo4bi4 wei1ji1
The Great Depression 大萧条 da4xiao1tiao2
Recession/slump 不景气 bu4jing3qi4

Finance 金融 jin1rong2
Financial rescue (bailout) plan 金融救援计划 jin1rong2 jiu4yuan2 ji4hua4
Government Financial rescue (bailout) proposal/bill
政府金融救援方案 zheng4fu3 jin1rong2 jiu4yuan2 fang1an4


Bank 银行 yin2hang2
Home loan bank 房贷银行 fang2dai4 yin2hang2
Federal Reserve Bank 美国联邦储备 Mei3guo2 lian2bang1 chu3bei4
Federal Reserve Bank 美联储 Mei3lian2chu3
Investment bank/ing 投资银行 tou2zi1 yin2hang2
Financial institution 金融机构 jin1rong2 ji1gou4
Insurance company 保险公司 bao3xian3 gong1si1
Insurance policy 保险单 bao3xian3dan1

Wall Street 华尔街 Hua2er3jie1
Stock market 股票市场 gu3piao4 shi4chang3
Stock market 股市 gu3shi4
Stock/securities market 证券交易所 Zheng4quan4 Jiao1yi4suo3
Stock broker 证券经纪人 zheng4quan4 jing1ji4ren2
Stocks/shares 股票 gu3piao4
Stock price 股价 gu3jia4
Securities 证券 Zheng4quan4
Bonds 债券 zhai4quan4
Government bond 公债 gong1zhai4
Treasury bond 国库券 guo2ku4quan4
Investment 投资 tou2zi1
Foreign investment 外资 wai4zi1
Pension 退休金 tui4xiu1jin1
Social security 社会服务 she4hui4 fu2wu4

Credit 信用 xin4yong4
Credit Card 信用卡 xin4yong4ka3
Mortgage loan 抵押贷款 di3ya1 dai4kuan3
Loan 借款 jie4kuan3

US dollars 美元 mei3yuan2

US Government 美国政府 mei3guo2 zheng4fu3
US Congress 美国国会 Mei3guo2 guo2hui4
US Senate 美国参议院 Mei3guo2 can1yi4yuan4
US House of Representatives 美国众议院 Mei3guo2 Zhong4yi4yuan4

Capital 资本 zi1ben3
Foreign capital 外国资本 wai4guo2 zi1ben3
Capitalism 资本主义 zi1ben3 zhu3yi4
Capitalist 资本家 zi1ben3jia1

Unemployment 失业 shi1ye4
Unemployment rate 失业率 shi1ye4lü4
Unemployed person 失业者 shi1ye4zhe3
Risk losing one's job 冒失去工作的危险 mao4 shi1qu4 gong1zuo4 de5 wei1xian3
Look for a job 就业 jiu4ye4
Look for a job 求职 qiu2zhi2
Job applicant求职者 qiu2zhi2zhe3
Employment agency 职业 介绍所 zhi2ye4 jie4shao4suo3
Employment agency 荐头店 jian4tou5dian4

Employment (being employed) 雇用 gu4yong4
Full employment 充分就业 chong1fen4 jiu4ye4
Employ 雇用 gu4yong4
Employer 雇主 gu4zhu3
Employee 雇员 gu4yuan2
Full-time job 全职 quan2zhi2
Self-employed 自由职业 zi4you2 zhi2ye4

Job, occupation, profession, employment 职业 zhi2ye4
Job title 职称 zhi2cheng1
Job duties 职务 zhi2wu4

Occupational safety 职业安全 zhi2ye4 an1quan2
Occupational disease 职业病 zhi2ye4bing4

Relations between labor & employer 劳雇关系 lao2gu4 guan1xi4
Labor union 工会 gong1hui4
International Labor Organization ILO 国际劳工组织 guo2ji4 lao2gong1 zu3zhi1
Labor force, manpower 劳动力 lao2dong4li4
Labor contract 劳动合同 lao2dong4 he2tong5