Mandarin for sourcing professionals

Make your next supplier conversation clearer.

Machine translation helps, but price, quality and delivery details leave little room for ambiguity. Recognize the Mandarin terms that appear in real supplier conversations.

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Why Chinese in the AI era?

Translate less.
Verify more.

Spot important details. Recognize price, quantity and lead-time terms in messages and documents.

Avoid costly assumptions. Confirm what a supplier means before approving a sample or production run.

Strengthen relationships. Practical language signals respect without requiring years of study.

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Five terms for sourcing from China.

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01

起订量

qǐ dìng liàng

minimum order quantity

02

样品

yàng pǐn

sample

03

单价

dān jià

unit price

04

交期

jiāo qī

delivery lead time

05

质量检查

zhì liàng jiǎn chá

quality inspection

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