Chinese word

财务

Pronunciation

Pinyincái wù

Meaning

  • nounfinance

Example

请把发票交给财务。qǐng bǎ fā piào jiāo gěi cái wù

Please give the invoice to finance.

Illustration for 财务 (finance)

More examples

财务部门需要整理本季度的报表。cái wù bù mén xū yào zhéng lǐ běn jì dù de bào biǎo

The finance department needs to organize the reports for this quarter.

Core concept

The organized handling of an institution's money, from incoming and outgoing funds to the records used to understand them.

Common phrases

  • 财务部门cái wù bù mén

    finance department

  • 财务报表cái wù bào biǎo

    financial statements

  • 财务预算cái wù yù suàn

    financial budget

  • 财务风险cái wù fēng xiǎn

    financial risk

Similar words

会计kuài jì: The professional task of keeping transaction records and preparing financial reports.
出纳chū nà: Managing cash and small daily funds while handling ordinary payments.

Definition in Chinese

指公司或机关处理收入、支出、记账与财务分析等与钱有关的事务，或负责这些事务的部门。zhǐ gōng sī huò jī guān chú lǐ shōu rù zhī chū jì zhàng yǔ cái wù fēn xī děng yǔ qián yǒu guān de shì wù huò fù zé zhè xiē shì wù de bù mén

Word origin

财 (cái, "wealth") + 务 (wù, "affairs") combines money or property with practical work, forming a term for work that handles an organization's financial matters.

Usage tips

  • An office sign can use this noun for the team itself, not only for the work it performs, so a request to send a receipt there identifies a destination.

Other meanings

  • accountingnoun

Related words

  • 财务管理cái wù guán lǐfinancial managementnoun
  • 财务报表cái wù bào biǎofinancial statementsnoun
  • 财务顾问cái wù gù wènfinancial advisornoun

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