Practical workplace and supplier Chinese 20 steps 20 sessions of about 15 minutes

Business Chinese

Twenty short sessions for meetings, suppliers, pricing, shipping and business relationships, using existing situation pages and roleplay tools.

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Rehearse a supplier conversation from first meeting to delivery and review the language with short checks. Roleplays are self-practice.

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Rehearse a supplier conversation from first meeting to delivery and review the language with short checks. Roleplays are self-practice.

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Meet and arrange

Use the existing phrase audio and quiz; practise both sides of each exchange.

Introduce yourself and your company
About 15 minutes: Say your name, role and company; listen to and rehearse the introductions.
Titles and business cards
About 15 minutes: Practise the card exchange and address a manager using the page's phrases.
Arrange a meeting
About 15 minutes: Use the meeting phrases to agree a time and place; say the arrangements aloud.
Arrive for a business visit
About 15 minutes: Explain your visit and destination in the existing Airport Roleplay.
Open the meeting
About 15 minutes: Use the Business Phrases deck alongside the meeting page; give a three-item agenda aloud.

Discuss the product

Use the existing phrase audio and quiz; practise both sides of each exchange.

Introduce a product
About 15 minutes: Choose a product and describe it using the booth and sample phrases.
Clarify and confirm
About 15 minutes: Ask for repetition and confirm the key point from a meeting exchange.
Understand prices and dates
About 15 minutes: Practise spoken prices, quantities and dates in the existing quiz; then quote three prices aloud.
Negotiate quantity and price
About 15 minutes: Use Bargaining Simulator as a warm-up; rehearse asking for a quote and a smaller order.
Samples and specifications
About 15 minutes: Use the sample and quality phrases to ask whether an order will match its sample.

Agree the order

Use the existing phrase audio and quiz; practise both sides of each exchange.

At the trade-fair booth
About 15 minutes: Prepare three questions for a supplier, then rehearse the page's exchange.
Visit a factory
About 15 minutes: Use the inspection phrases to ask about a visit and check the goods.
Message an online supplier
About 15 minutes: Draft a stock and price inquiry using the page's phrases; use the translator to review it.
Confirm payment terms
About 15 minutes: Explain the proposed payment method and confirm the terms; rehearse both sides.
Agree lead time
About 15 minutes: Ask for a delivery deadline and confirm it back to the supplier.

Deliver and maintain the relationship

Use the existing phrase audio and quiz; practise both sides of each exchange.

Freight and documents
About 15 minutes: Ask for tracking, a packing list and shipment details using the page's phrase bank.
Report a defect
About 15 minutes: Describe how goods differ from the sample and practise the complaint exchange.
Resolve a complaint
About 15 minutes: Ask for replacement or compensation and agree the next action in writing.
Host a business dinner
About 15 minutes: Practise inviting, toasting and closing a meal using the existing dining phrases.
Capstone: inquiry to delivery
About 15 minutes: Self-roleplay the full sequence using the earlier pages and a printable phrasebook. The check reviews shipping language; it does not grade your roleplay.

Levels from the official HSK 3.0 syllabus (新版HSK考试大纲, 2025), issued by the Center for Language Education and Cooperation. Source: www.chinesetest.cn. ThePureLanguage is an independent learning site, not affiliated with or endorsed by CLEC, CTI or any exam body; HSK is a trademark of its owner (Terms §3.1). English meanings and pinyin: ThePureLanguage dictionary, except those marked †, adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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