jiāo yì
business; deal
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我在网上进行了一些交易。
wǒ zài wǎng shàng jìn xíng le yī xiē jiāo yì.
I made some transactions online.
这家公司的主要业务是金融交易。
zhè jiā gōng sī de zhǔ yào yè wù shì jīn róng jiāo yì.
The main business of this company is financial transactions.
我正在与他进行一笔交易。
wǒ zhèng zài yǔ tā jìn xíng yī bǐ jiāo yì.
I am making a deal with him.
买卖 (mǎi mài)
trade
交易 (jiāo yì)
transaction
买卖 (mǎimài)
trade
交换 (jiāohuàn)
exchange
The Chinese word 交易 (jiāoyì) for "trade" or "transaction" is composed of two characters: 交 (jiāo) and 易 (yì). The character 交 originally meant "to meet" or "to intersect", and later extended to mean "to exchange" or "to trade". The character 易 originally meant "to change" or "to transform", and later extended to mean "easy" or "convenient". When combined, the two characters 交易 form the compound word "trade" or "transaction", which refers to the exchange of goods or services for money or other valuable considerations.
