Jargon dictionary

Chinese workplace jargon dictionary

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Browse Chinese terms, pinyin, English definitions, typical situations, and cautions. Detailed entries add original examples and clearer alternatives; use the translator when the full sentence matters.

Popular jargon

Frequent

抓手a concrete lever or actionCommon in weekly and growth reports 闭环drive work to a reported resultFrequent in manager and project messages 对齐confirm shared understandingOften overused in meetings 颗粒度the level of detailCommon in requirements and plan reviews 沉淀capture reusable knowledgeFrequent in retrospectives and knowledge work ownerthe person accountable for progressA common label for responsibility

Recently added

New

预期管理set expectations about goals, risks, and limitsUseful in cross-team work

拿结果deliver a verifiable outcomeCommon in performance discussions

问题收敛narrow a broad issue into something actionableCommon in meetings

正反馈a loop in which effort produces increasing returnsCommon in growth discussions

抓手zhuā shǒu

Strategy

a concrete lever or action that can move a goal forward

Common context: growth, management, and project updates

Use with care: Ask for the actual action, owner, deadline, and success measure.

抓手: Full explanation

闭环bì huán

Collaboration

to drive an issue to a result, report it, and state what happens next

Common context: task follow-up and progress reporting

Use with care: A message sent is not necessarily a loop closed.

闭环: Full explanation

拉通lā tōng

Collaboration

to connect the people, systems, or steps needed for end-to-end coordination

Common context: cross-team projects

Use with care: Name the teams, handoffs, and coordinator.

拉通: Full explanation

对齐duì qí

Collaboration

to confirm a shared understanding of goals, scope, roles, or decisions

Common context: meetings and requirements reviews

Use with care: Silence or attendance does not prove agreement.

对齐: Full explanation

颗粒度kē lì dù

Communication

the level of detail in a plan, requirement, or analysis

Common context: PRDs, plans, and retrospectives

Use with care: State which details are missing instead of only asking for more granularity.

颗粒度: Full explanation

赋能fù néng

Organization

to enable someone with tools, resources, authority, training, or methods

Common context: platform, training, and management language

Use with care: Replace the slogan with the support actually being provided.

赋能: Full explanation

沉淀chén diàn

Organization

to turn experience into a reusable document, process, or asset

Common context: retrospectives and knowledge bases

Use with care: Say where the asset lives, who uses it, and who maintains it.

沉淀: Full explanation

打法dǎ fǎ

Strategy

a repeatable way of achieving a result

Common context: marketing, growth, and operations

Use with care: A one-off tactic is not yet a proven playbook.

链路liàn lù

Strategy

an end-to-end flow from trigger to outcome

Common context: product, operations, and engineering

Use with care: Identify the key steps and where the flow breaks.

心智xīn zhì

Growth

what users associate with a category, product, or brand

Common context: brand and positioning discussions

Use with care: Do not claim mindshare without user evidence.

认知占位rèn zhī zhàn wèi

Growth

to make users associate a need or category with a brand

Common context: brand strategy

Use with care: The claim needs research or behavioral evidence.

飞轮fēi lún

Growth

a reinforcing loop in which each cycle makes the next one stronger

Common context: growth and business models

Use with care: If the loop does not reinforce itself, it is not a flywheel.

破圈pò quān

Growth

to reach people beyond an existing audience or subculture

Common context: content and campaign planning

Use with care: Define which new audience you mean.

转化zhuǎn huà

Growth

to move a user toward a defined target action

Common context: growth, sales, and analytics

Use with care: Always define the conversion event.

漏斗lòu dǒu

Growth

the stages users pass through from discovery to purchase or retention

Common context: analytics and growth

Use with care: Review sample size and absolute counts, not only rates.

复盘fù pán

Organization

to review what happened, why, and what to change next time

Common context: after projects or incidents

Use with care: A retrospective is not a blame session.

共创gòng chuàng

Collaboration

to create a plan or deliverable together

Common context: product, brand, and workshops

Use with care: Clarify roles and decision rights.

协同xié tóng

Collaboration

multiple parties coordinating toward one outcome

Common context: cross-team work

Use with care: Coordination needs a mechanism, not just more meetings.

ownerowner

Organization

the person accountable for moving work to an outcome

Common context: projects and manager messages

Use with care: Give the owner authority, scope, and support.

owner: Full explanation

交付jiāo fù

Organization

to deliver an agreed result or artifact

Common context: engineering, design, and operations

Use with care: Name the deliverable and acceptance criteria.

落地luò dì

Organization

to turn an idea into an executable or shipped result

Common context: plans and project updates

Use with care: Execution requires time, resources, and an owner.

阶段性jiē duàn xìng

Communication

interim rather than final

Common context: progress reports

Use with care: State what remains and when the next stage ends.

收口shōu kǒu

Collaboration

to end discussion and record a decision

Common context: meetings and project decisions

Use with care: Leave a decision, owner, and deadline.

卡点kǎ diǎn

Organization

a blocker preventing progress

Common context: project management

Use with care: Explain the blocker and who can remove it.

兜底dōu dǐ

Organization

to be the final safeguard or fallback owner

Common context: delivery and risk management

Use with care: Do not turn a fallback role into unlimited responsibility.

皮实pí shi

Hiring

resilient and able to tolerate pressure or change

Common context: job descriptions

Use with care: It may conceal overwork or weak management.

业务 senseyè wù sense

Hiring

the ability to understand business goals, priorities, and trade-offs

Common context: hiring and performance reviews

Use with care: Define the decisions used to assess it.

从 0 到 1cóng líng dào yī

Hiring

to build a new initiative from nothing to an initial working state

Common context: hiring and project narratives

Use with care: Clarify scale, resources, authority, and timeline.

高潜gāo qián

Hiring

a person judged to have high growth potential

Common context: talent reviews

Use with care: Unclear criteria turn it into a subjective label.

长期主义cháng qī zhǔ yì

Strategy

prioritizing durable value over short-term results

Common context: strategy and culture

Use with care: Do not use it to avoid current problems or accountability.

生态shēng tài

Strategy

a system of interdependent participants and resources

Common context: platforms and partnerships

Use with care: Name the participants and their relationships.

基建jī jiàn

Organization

shared foundational capabilities or infrastructure

Common context: platform, tooling, and data work

Use with care: Infrastructure still needs users and a defined use case.

Jargon dictionary

Chinese workplace jargon dictionary

Search the term. Then check how it works in context.

Popular jargon

Frequent

Recently added

New

预期管理set expectations about goals, risks, and limitsUseful in cross-team work

拿结果deliver a verifiable outcomeCommon in performance discussions

问题收敛narrow a broad issue into something actionableCommon in meetings

正反馈a loop in which effort produces increasing returnsCommon in growth discussions

抓手zhuā shǒu

Strategy

a concrete lever or action that can move a goal forward

Common context: growth, management, and project updates

Use with care: Ask for the actual action, owner, deadline, and success measure.

抓手: Full explanation

闭环bì huán

Collaboration

to drive an issue to a result, report it, and state what happens next

Common context: task follow-up and progress reporting

Use with care: A message sent is not necessarily a loop closed.

闭环: Full explanation

拉通lā tōng

Collaboration

to connect the people, systems, or steps needed for end-to-end coordination

Common context: cross-team projects

Use with care: Name the teams, handoffs, and coordinator.

拉通: Full explanation

对齐duì qí

Collaboration

to confirm a shared understanding of goals, scope, roles, or decisions

Common context: meetings and requirements reviews

Use with care: Silence or attendance does not prove agreement.

对齐: Full explanation

颗粒度kē lì dù

Communication

the level of detail in a plan, requirement, or analysis

Common context: PRDs, plans, and retrospectives

Use with care: State which details are missing instead of only asking for more granularity.

颗粒度: Full explanation

赋能fù néng

Organization

to enable someone with tools, resources, authority, training, or methods

Common context: platform, training, and management language

Use with care: Replace the slogan with the support actually being provided.

赋能: Full explanation

沉淀chén diàn

Organization

to turn experience into a reusable document, process, or asset

Common context: retrospectives and knowledge bases

Use with care: Say where the asset lives, who uses it, and who maintains it.

沉淀: Full explanation

打法dǎ fǎ

Strategy

a repeatable way of achieving a result

Common context: marketing, growth, and operations

Use with care: A one-off tactic is not yet a proven playbook.

链路liàn lù

Strategy

an end-to-end flow from trigger to outcome

Common context: product, operations, and engineering

Use with care: Identify the key steps and where the flow breaks.

心智xīn zhì

Growth

what users associate with a category, product, or brand

Common context: brand and positioning discussions

Use with care: Do not claim mindshare without user evidence.

认知占位rèn zhī zhàn wèi

Growth

to make users associate a need or category with a brand

Common context: brand strategy

Use with care: The claim needs research or behavioral evidence.

飞轮fēi lún

Growth

a reinforcing loop in which each cycle makes the next one stronger

Common context: growth and business models

Use with care: If the loop does not reinforce itself, it is not a flywheel.

破圈pò quān

Growth

to reach people beyond an existing audience or subculture

Common context: content and campaign planning

Use with care: Define which new audience you mean.

转化zhuǎn huà

Growth

to move a user toward a defined target action

Common context: growth, sales, and analytics

Use with care: Always define the conversion event.

漏斗lòu dǒu

Growth

the stages users pass through from discovery to purchase or retention

Common context: analytics and growth

Use with care: Review sample size and absolute counts, not only rates.

复盘fù pán

Organization

to review what happened, why, and what to change next time

Common context: after projects or incidents

Use with care: A retrospective is not a blame session.

共创gòng chuàng

Collaboration

to create a plan or deliverable together

Common context: product, brand, and workshops

Use with care: Clarify roles and decision rights.

协同xié tóng

Collaboration

multiple parties coordinating toward one outcome

Common context: cross-team work

Use with care: Coordination needs a mechanism, not just more meetings.

ownerowner

Organization

the person accountable for moving work to an outcome

Common context: projects and manager messages

Use with care: Give the owner authority, scope, and support.

owner: Full explanation

交付jiāo fù

Organization

to deliver an agreed result or artifact

Common context: engineering, design, and operations

Use with care: Name the deliverable and acceptance criteria.

落地luò dì

Organization

to turn an idea into an executable or shipped result

Common context: plans and project updates

Use with care: Execution requires time, resources, and an owner.

阶段性jiē duàn xìng

Communication

interim rather than final

Common context: progress reports

Use with care: State what remains and when the next stage ends.

收口shōu kǒu

Collaboration

to end discussion and record a decision

Common context: meetings and project decisions

Use with care: Leave a decision, owner, and deadline.

卡点kǎ diǎn

Organization

a blocker preventing progress

Common context: project management

Use with care: Explain the blocker and who can remove it.

兜底dōu dǐ

Organization

to be the final safeguard or fallback owner

Common context: delivery and risk management

Use with care: Do not turn a fallback role into unlimited responsibility.

皮实pí shi

Hiring

resilient and able to tolerate pressure or change

Common context: job descriptions

Use with care: It may conceal overwork or weak management.

业务 senseyè wù sense

Hiring

the ability to understand business goals, priorities, and trade-offs

Common context: hiring and performance reviews

Use with care: Define the decisions used to assess it.

从 0 到 1cóng líng dào yī

Hiring

to build a new initiative from nothing to an initial working state

Common context: hiring and project narratives

Use with care: Clarify scale, resources, authority, and timeline.

高潜gāo qián

Hiring

a person judged to have high growth potential

Common context: talent reviews

Use with care: Unclear criteria turn it into a subjective label.

长期主义cháng qī zhǔ yì

Strategy

prioritizing durable value over short-term results

Common context: strategy and culture

Use with care: Do not use it to avoid current problems or accountability.

生态shēng tài

Strategy

a system of interdependent participants and resources

Common context: platforms and partnerships

Use with care: Name the participants and their relationships.

基建jī jiàn

Organization

shared foundational capabilities or infrastructure

Common context: platform, tooling, and data work

Use with care: Infrastructure still needs users and a defined use case.