Hi everyone, welcome back to your Coffee Break with ChinesePod.
I'm Alice.
Hi everyone, I'm Josh.
欢迎回到中国博客。
Chinese culture places a lot of importance
on status, especially in the workplace.
In English we address one another simply
by saying Mr, Mrs or Miss.
没错，在中国公司里，
So in today's listen we'll learn how to
address other people in the work space
and we'll learn some vocabulary on
different roles in the corporate world.
没错。我们开始吧。
A common behavior in the workspace
is to go through great lengths to show
respect to the leaders of the company.
For example, your boss, your supervisor, your manager, etc.
A very interesting way we go about doing so
is to call them by their surname
followed by the position they're in.
没错，比如说
你也可以叫他
So for example "Chairman Li" or
for short.
或是，
Or, "General Manager Chang"
你可以叫他
for short.
还有
Or, "Manager Wang"
或是
Or, "Mr Chen, whos' the head of sector".
没错。
How about if we're at an event
and we see the boss's wife, let's say.
这时候，你要叫她
那如果是总经理的话，你可以叫她
还有
How about if it's the boss's husband?
中文没有特别的说法。
但是你可以叫他，比如说，
或是
So, simply "Mr Li" or "Mr Chang".
Let's learn some department names
that may appear in a corporate company.
好，我们来学几个。
"部门" means "Department".
比如说
So for example, "Department of Customer Services".
或是
Or, the "IT Department".
"Public Relations"
还有，
"Human Resources"
或是
or "Finance Department".
Another important Chinese company culture,
is when it comes to introducing people, we usually
start from the lower position to the higher position.
So we introduce from the bottom up.
没错。比如说，
So for example, you'd like to introduce
Assistant Chang to Manager Wang.
没错。我可以说，
So you can say, "Manager Wang, I'd like to introduce
Assistant Chang from the IT department to you".
我再告诉张助理，
So then you can tell Assistant Chang, that "this is
Manager Wang, who is responsible for our company's logistics".
In today's lesson we learned that there are certain ways
we can address people of a higher position in a Chinese company.
Let's do a practice.
好。比如说，
I'm a GM!
没错，所以我可以告诉史总，
So a new intern from the marketing department.
没错。
Responsible for publishing social media content on Weibo.
没错。再来，我可以告诉实习生
Ok, so I'm a GM from the PR Department.
And how about you? My assistant?
是啊，是。
So
沒錯。
Now go get me my coffee!
好，马上去！
I hope you've enjoyed your coffee break with us.
Let us know if there are any other terms
or vocabularies that you'd like to learn.
如果有什么问题，欢迎在下面告诉我们，
我们很快就会回答你的。我是Josh。
I'm Alice.
我们下次见！
Bye bye!