Performance reviews & promotions in Chinese 绩效与升职
jìxiào yǔ shēngzhí
Performance review in Chinese is 绩效考核 (jì xiào kǎo hé).
Also searched for as: annual review, appraisal, promotion in Chinese, pay rise, KPI, get promoted.
KPIs, year-end reviews and asking for that raise. 15 essential performance reviews & promotions words in Mandarin Chinese, with pinyin and English. Open it in the app to hear each word, tick off the ones you know and turn them into flashcards.
Performance at work in Chinese is 绩效 (jì xiào), and the annual 绩效考核 (jì xiào kǎo hé), performance review, often decides the size of your 年终奖 (nián zhōng jiǎng), year-end bonus. If things go well, the goal is 升职加薪 (shēng zhí jiā xīn), promotion and a pay rise, a phrase so familiar that colleagues use it as a standard good wish in cards and messages. Here's the vocabulary for every stage of the review cycle.
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 绩效考核 | jì xiào kǎo hé | performance review |
| 绩效 | jì xiào | performance |
| KPI | K P I | KPI; targets |
| 目标 | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 表现 | biǎo xiàn | performance; to perform |
| 自我评价 | zì wǒ píng jià | self-assessment |
| 评分 | píng fēn | rating; score |
| 反馈 | fǎn kuì | feedback |
| 改进 | gǎi jìn | to improve |
| 年终奖 | nián zhōng jiǎng | year-end bonus |
| 升职 | shēng zhí | to be promoted |
| 晋升 | jìn shēng | promotion (formal) |
| 加薪 | jiā xīn | to get a raise |
| 涨工资 | zhǎng gōng zī | to get a pay rise (colloquial) |
| 升职加薪 | shēng zhí jiā xīn | promotion and a pay rise |
Usage tips
- 升职 (shēng zhí) and 晋升 (jìn shēng) both mean promotion, but 晋升 is the formal word in HR documents, while colleagues chat about who 升职了 (shēng zhí le).
- 加薪 (jiā xīn) is neutral and slightly formal, while 涨工资 (zhǎng gōng zī) is everyday speech; to a friend, 'I want a raise' is 我想涨工资 (wǒ xiǎng zhǎng gōng zī).
- The 年终奖 (nián zhōng jiǎng) is often described in months of salary, as in 发了两个月工资 (fā le liǎng ge yuè gōng zī), and is commonly paid around Chinese New Year.
Common mistakes
- Using 表演 (biǎo yǎn) for performance at work: that's a stage performance; work performance is 表现 (biǎo xiàn) or 绩效 (jì xiào).
- Saying 意见 (yì jiàn) when you mean feedback: 我对你有意见 (wǒ duì nǐ yǒu yì jiàn) sounds like 'I've got a problem with you', so use 反馈 (fǎn kuì) for neutral feedback.
- Pronouncing 涨 in 涨工资 as zhàng, which means 'to swell'; for prices and pay rising it's zhǎng.
Mini dialogue
- A小王，今年的绩效考核结果出来了，你表现不错。Xiǎo Wáng, jīn nián de jì xiào kǎo hé jié guǒ chū lái le, nǐ biǎo xiàn bù cuò.Xiao Wang, this year's review results are out, and you've done well.
- B谢谢！我的KPI都完成了吗？Xiè xie! Wǒ de KPI dōu wán chéng le ma?Thank you! Did I hit all my KPIs?
- A都完成了，评分是A。不过沟通方面还需要改进。Dōu wán chéng le, píng fēn shì A. Bù guò gōu tōng fāng miàn hái xū yào gǎi jìn.All of them, you got an A rating. But your communication still needs some work.
- B好的，谢谢您的反馈，我会注意的。Hǎo de, xiè xie nín de fǎn kuì, wǒ huì zhù yì de.OK, thanks for the feedback, I'll bear it in mind.
- A继续努力，明年有机会升职。Jì xù nǔ lì, míng nián yǒu jī huì shēng zhí.Keep it up and you could be promoted next year.
Example sentences
- 年底有绩效考核。There's a performance review at the end of the year.
- 他的绩效一直很好。His performance has always been good.
- 这个月的KPI完成了吗？Have you hit this month's KPIs?
- 明年的目标定得太高了。Next year's targets are set too high.
- 你今年表现不错。You've done well this year.
- 先写一份自我评价交给我。Write a self-assessment and give it to me first.
- 我这次评分是A。I got an A rating this time.
- 谢谢你的反馈，我会注意的。Thanks for the feedback, I'll bear it in mind.
- 这方面你还需要改进。You still need to improve in this area.
- 今年年终奖发了三个月工资。This year's bonus was three months' pay.
- 她去年升职当了经理。She was promoted to manager last year.
- 公司每年有两次晋升机会。The company has two promotion rounds a year.
- 我想跟老板谈加薪。I want to talk to my boss about a raise.
- 今年公司不涨工资。The company isn't giving pay rises this year.
- 祝你早日升职加薪！Here's hoping you get promoted with a raise soon!
Practise speaking
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