Money & Finance: Vocabulary for money, currency, and basic finance

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Pinyin is the standard romanisation used to show Mandarin pronunciation using the Latin alphabet. You’ll often see tone marks on the vowels to show the four tones (plus the neutral tone), for example mā / má / mǎ / mà / ma. “Numbered pinyin” shows the same tones using a number after the syllable instead of tone marks, for example ma1 / ma2 / ma3 / ma4 / ma (sometimes written as ma5 for the neutral tone). Numbered pinyin is handy when you can’t easily type tone marks, while tone-mark pinyin is usually easier to read once you’re used to it.

出租

• Pinyin: chū zū
• Numbered pinyin: chu1 zu1
• English translation: to rent out

花

• Pinyin: huā
• Numbered pinyin: hua1
• English translation: to spend (money, time)

卖

• Pinyin: mài
• Numbered pinyin: mai4
• English translation: to sell

收入

• Pinyin: shōu rù
• Numbered pinyin: shou1 ru4
• English translation: income

信用卡

• Pinyin: xìn yòng kǎ
• Numbered pinyin: xin4 yong4 ka3
• English translation: credit card

银行

• Pinyin: yín háng
• Numbered pinyin: yin2 hang2
• English translation: bank

银行卡

• Pinyin: yín háng kǎ
• Numbered pinyin: yin2 hang2 ka3
• English translation: bank card

租

• Pinyin: zū
• Numbered pinyin: zu1
• English translation: to rent, hire

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