There is a
slight difference between you and me.
你和我之间有一点点不同。
His girlfriend is a
slight woman.
他的女友是个瘦小的女子。
This is a very
slight article.
这是一篇微不足道的文章。
Chen Shaorong, owner of the firm, said all the mushroom cultivation steps involve strict temperature and humidity requirements, and even one slight problem could lead to severe consequences.
该公司老板陈少荣表示，所有蘑菇种植步骤都涉及严格的温度和湿度要求，即使是一个小问题也可能导致严重后果。
Any slight movement in one part may have had a cascading effect on the entire situation, making relocation challenging, said Wang.
王说，一个地方的任何轻微移动都可能对整个情况产生连锁反应，使搬迁具有挑战性。
However, like many companies operating in the UK, Chinese companies are currently facing a labor shortage, with roughly two-thirds pointing to an anticipated "slight" or "severe" labor shortage during the next two years.
然而，与许多在英国经营的公司一样，中国公司目前面临劳动力短缺，约三分之二的公司表示，未来两年预计将出现“轻微”或“严重”的劳动力短缺。
Wen Wu, a senior vice-president of Liugong, said: "Even with a slight increase in demand, the current amount of stock of large machinery will create a lag of time in fulfilling actual demand.
柳工高级副总裁温武表示：“即使需求略有增加，目前大型机械的库存量也会在满足实际需求方面造成时间滞后。
"Compared with 2022, there is significant improvement in companies' business operations in China this year, as nearly half (49 percent) of the companies studied experienced significant or slight increases in revenue, up by 16 percent compared with last year," the report stated.
报告指出：“与2022年相比，今年中国企业的业务运营有了显著改善，近一半（49%）的受访企业收入大幅或略有增长，与去年相比增长了16%。”。
Its net profit saw a slight increase of 0.4 percent to 22.62 billion yuan, according to the annual report released on Thursday.
周四公布的年报显示，该公司净利润小幅增长0.4%，达到226.2亿元。
The German pharmaceutical company saw a 10.5 percent increase in its global sales despite a slight fall in China revenue, which fell 8.9 percent from the previous year, according to its 2022 annual report which was released on Wednesday.
周三发布的2022年年报显示，尽管中国收入较上年下降8.9%，但这家德国制药公司的全球销售额仍增长了10.5%。
Though the overall revenue last year saw slight drop to 554.55 billion yuan, revenue from businesses related to the integration of digital economy and real economy, represented by fintech and enterprise services, hit a new high of 177.06 billion yuan.
尽管去年的总收入略有下降，降至5545.5亿元，但以金融科技和企业服务为代表的数字经济与实体经济融合相关业务的收入创下1770.6亿元的新高。
The figure is expected to amount to 27.15 million units this year, a slight increase of 3 percent compared with the previous year.
预计今年这一数字将达到2715万台，比前一年略有增长3%。
"Despite the overall market decline, Liu said Oppo has managed to achieve slight growth this year, but he did not disclose specific data.
刘表示，尽管市场整体下滑，但Oppo今年仍实现了小幅增长，但他没有透露具体数据。
Next year we also expect slight growth," Liu said.
刘说：“明年我们也将略有增长。
Top Chinese private-sector enterprises are seeing steady improvement in revenue and technological innovations but are also facing slight drops in profitability and operational efficiency, according to an annual report on the top 500 Chinese private enterprises by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, a national body serving the private sector.
根据为私营部门服务的全国工商联发布的中国民营企业500强年度报告，中国顶级民营企业的收入和技术创新稳步提高，但盈利能力和运营效率也略有下降。
There were 68 IPOs by Chinese mainland TMT enterprises in the first half, a slight decline from the 74 recorded during the second half of 2021, the report said.
报告称，上半年，中国内地TMT企业共有68家IPO，较2021年下半年的74家略有下降。
"In 2022, the price of lithium will witness a slight increase, and the price is expected to gradually drop to a reasonable range in 2023," Cui said.
崔表示：“2022年，锂价格将小幅上涨，预计2023年价格将逐步回落至合理区间。”。
Niksa Orlandic, a Croatian environmental engineer with the project, said engineers with CRBC managed to have only a slight impact when using pile drivers thanks to the use of noise-canceling technology.
To cater to local consumers' eating habits, it has made slight adjustments to its foods and beverages.
While wearing a mask in this new norm might pose just a slight inconvenience to most people, this new practice has inadvertently created another hurdle for hearing impaired people like Cai Zhengjun, who runs a design studio in Shanghai that helps imbue self-confidence in their hearing-impaired staff while honing their creative skills.
The world-leading global food and beverage producer Danone SA reported a slight decline in revenue and profit due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet predicted an improvement in growth in the second half of the year, according to its first six months of financial results released on Thursday.
The sales volume of Apple's iPhone reached 3.6 million last month in China, dropping 7.7 percent from April, while the number witnessed a slight increase year-on-year with 3.05 million mobile phones sold last May, according to CINNO Research, a Shanghai-based consulting platform.
During the first quarter of this year, HiSilicon shipped 22.21 million smartphone processors, marking a slight increase from the 22.17 million units it shipped in the first quarter of last year, according to CINNO data.
Since the end of February, the company has started to experience a slight improvement in its business activity, with stores and warehouses gradually opening and consumer traffic slowly picking up.
Since then, the company has started to experience a slight improvement in its business activity, with stores and warehouses gradually opening and consumer traffic slowly picking up, the company said.
Rangoonwala, who is also president of Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical, said the epidemic's impact on pharmaceutical MNCs' production capacity is slight, and the situation has been kept under control.
Gianfranco Lanci, president of Lenovo, said the global PC market is likely to remain relatively flat or witness slight growth next year.
The company has also seen a slight increase in exports of wear-resistant parts and fan shafts.
Despite a slight decline in the number of passenger vehicles sold, the growth of China's car after-care market did not show any sign of slowing because of the already significant number of car owners.
In China alone, same-store sales rose 3 percent, despite transactions went down by a slight 1 percent.
The outlook for global PC market is not that bright, and the smartphone market may even see a slight fall in the future," Jia added.
The monthly active users (MAU) were 321 million for the fourth quarter, a slight fall from 326 million in the previous quarter.
The company also reported revenue of $15.3 in the quarter, which was a slight decrease compared with the 15.35 billion in revenue in the prior-year quarter.
China still leads the world for automotive manufacturing and sales, posting 25.33 million units and 25.42 million units respectively from January to November, despite a slight drop in year-on-year growth, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
Of all profit-making companies, 264 companies forecast significant increases, while 280 predicted slight gains.
In terms of volume, the market demand in China has entered a stable and mature stage after a slight drop recently.
I think one of the major reasons why young people are not fond of tea is because of the slight bitterness which can be balanced with the creamy and smooth cheese foam.
What changes over time, he said, is the slight difference in how certain spaces in the house are used, which is derived from technological development.
"Perhaps there should be a slight toning down the emphasis on strength, calmness and optimism as the prerequisites of a CEO," Lin said.
Regarding this announcement, Shanghai-listed Fosun Pharmaceutical saw its price pick up a slight 0.61 percent to close at 31.17 yuan ($4.75) per share, while the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went up 0.28 percent on Monday.
Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the market experienced a slight downturn in 2022.
Yang Xin, an analyst with Hongta Securities, said the latest official PMI readings show market supply and demand are still weak, and that there appear to be signs of a slight slowdown in economic growth.
Loo said her team expects the fourth-quarter GDP to expand by 1.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter basis, resulting in an annual growth rate of 5.2 percent, a revision from their previous forecast of 5.1 percent, given the third quarter's slight out-performance.
In the January-August period, the country's exports amounted 15.47 trillion yuan ($2.11 trillion), while imports fell 1.3 percent from a year earlier to 11.61 trillion yuan, resulting in a slight decrease of 0.1 percent in the total foreign trade value, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Thursday.
China's foreign trade edged down to 27.08 trillion yuan ($3.7 trillion) in the first eight months of the year, a slight decrease of 0.1 percent year-on-year, according to the General Administration of Customs on Thursday.
In the first half, China saw a 35.7 percent year-on-year increase in the number of new foreign enterprises despite a slight dip in actual utilized foreign investment.
She said the power sector is a major carbon emitter with a 2.6 percent year-on-year growth in 2022, despite a slight slowdown in emissions growth.
In the first half of this year, China saw a 35.7 percent year-on-year increase in the number of new foreign enterprises despite a slight dip in actually utilized foreign investment.
Guangdong's July foreign trade figure has helped the province achieve an import and export volume of 4.55 trillion yuan in the seven months ending July, a slight year-on-year reduction of 1.1 percent and representing 19.3 percent of the country's total, revealed customs statistics.
The index indicates that the credit level of Chinese enterprises has increased steadily with slight fluctuation, China's market order is stable and improving, and the Chinese enterprises' business vitality continues to recover.
According to him, the nation saw a slight decrease of summer grain crops by 0.9 percent, which is about 1,275 million kg.
"The wheat is, so far, in ample stock and the slight production cut won't hit the grain market.
Despite a slight drop during the pandemic, China's share is expected to reach 40% by 2030.
This is a slight rise from 75 percent in 2022.
In general, pork prices registered a slight decrease week on week, according to the ministry.
The strong foreign trade performance from non-governmental companies has helped Guangdong reach a foreign trade volume of 2.52 trillion yuan in the first four months, a slight reduction year-on-year of 0.7 percent, the statement said.
The Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce data showed that following a continuous increase over the past few years, there was a slight improvement regarding the activity index of the debut economy in the city in 2022 compared with the previous year, especially in terms of the effect of the debut activities and the balanced proportion of first stores.
As for imported goods, crude oil imports saw a slight increase of 0.2 percent during the first two months of the year, while the imports of high-tech products and agricultural products reached 72.43 billion yuan and 68.66 billion yuan, up 20.4 percent and 22.5 percent, respectively.
Despite a slight year-on-year rise in CPI in the coming period due to the recovery in consumption, CPI growth is unlikely to breach the 3 percent control target this year, as monetary policy remains sound and domestic goods and services are in adequate supply, Feng added.
Shanghai's foreign trade hit a record high of 681.56 billion yuan ($99.12 billion) in the first two months of this year, with a slight year-on-year increase of 0.7 percent, data from Shanghai Customs showed Tuesday.
Among all products, export volumes of electromechanical products, such as automobiles and mobile phones, saw a slight increase, while labor-intensive products including clothing and textiles dipped.
According to the federation's annual report last year, the top 500 Chinese private enterprises faced slight falls in profitability and operational efficiency, and also faced mounting pressure from sluggish market demand and rising operating costs.
Last year, due to persistently high prices of oil and natural gas, the share of Chinese goods among exports worldwide may have experienced a slight decline from that in 2021, which was 15.1 percent.
"Forty-five percent of the participating companies registered a significant or slight increase in their revenue from China, including 43 percent of American companies and 49 percent of manufacturing companies," Seyedin said on Monday at a news conference at which AmCham South China released its 2023 White Paper on the Business Environment in China and the 2023 Special Report on the State of Business in South China in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
Bloomberg's aggregate index of eight early indicators showed a slight uptick in activity in January, compared with a contraction during December.
The sales and investment in the real estate market are also expecting slight rebounds at the low point.
The Caixin China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index — which gauges operating conditions in the manufacturing sector — fell to a three-month low of 49 in December, versus 49.4 in November, indicating a further slight deterioration in overall business conditions, media group Caixin said on Tuesday.
Personal care, however, showed a reversed trend with a slight increase of 0.7 percent in volume, its value dropped 1.9 percent, and ASP declined 2.5 percent.
Considering the government's strong stimulus policy support, Zheng said he expects to see a slight gain in China's value-added industrial output in September.
Shanghai's total foreign trade volume from January to August reached 2.7 trillion yuan (about $390 billion), up 4.8 percent from the same period last year, reversing a slight year-on-year drop in the first half of this year due to the impact of COVID-19.
- Market supply of China's daily necessities is generally sufficient, with slight price fluctuations, an official with the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
There were 6,173 M&A deals in China in the first half of this year, a slight increase compared with 6,101 during the same period of last year, but their value fell to $236.7 billion from $295.6 billion a year ago, the report said.
- Imports and exports between Shanghai and its largest foreign-trade partner, European Union (EU), reached 450.81 billion yuan ($65.8 billion) in the first seven months, marking a slight decrease of 0.2 percent year-on-year.
Nearly 9,000 freight trains between China and Europe operated from January to July, seeing a slight increase amid the COVID-19 epidemic in China in the first half of the year, national railway operator China State Railway Group said.
The output of aquatic products reported slight growth, and the vegetable and fruit markets had adequate supplies during the period, the official said.
Xie Ji, secretary-general of the CASME, attributed the slight improvement in June to the gradual resumption of production and stronger policy support.
Real lending rates will be stable with a slight decline, and improvements will be made to the financing efficiency of capital markets.
China's ports saw a slight expansion of cargo throughput in the first four months of the year despite COVID-19 disruptions, official data showed.
Despite the slight decline in the figures of industrial and service sectors in April, the second quarter will maintain a good growth trend, Fu said.
However, high-tech manufacturing and consumer goods manufacturing remained relatively stable, as the PMI for high-end manufacturing stood at 50.1, a slight decline of 0.3 percentage points from March and staying in expansionary territory.
The CBIRC also urged the banking sector to work hard so that the overall interest rate of new inclusive loans to micro and small businesses for the full year will see a slight decline, compared with the rate in 2021.
Although concrete figures are yet to emerge for this year's holiday sales, consumer spending during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday is expected to return to the pre-pandemic level or witness a slight increase, spurred by online shopping festivals held by e-commerce platforms and innovation in commodity supplies like time-honored brands and precooked cuisine, Wang said before Spring Festival, the most important holiday for Chinese people.
He added that low inflation would also increase the likelihood of a slight cut in interest rates by the Chinese central bank, though the space remains quite limited.
China's macroeconomic policies will become neutral or ease marginally in 2022 as the country has shifted the main focus of its policies toward stabilization of growth amid recently increased risks of an economic downturn, said Ding Shuang, chief economist for Greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. "Slight structural policy adjustments have been made in face of the risk of an economic downturn.
Also known by his Chinese name Jin Fei, he is always called Old Jin by others, and speaks fluent Chinese with slight Zhejiang accent.
Though there has been a slight downward trend, it is still at a relatively high position of 0.46.
- China's major ports reported slight growth in container throughput in mid-August, data from an industrial association showed.
The PMI reading, nevertheless, has remained above the 50-mark that separates expansion from contraction for 15 months in a row, as output registered slight expansion in July while the export and employment situations remained stable.
The prospects for bilateral trade are positive despite a slight decrease last year, and the BCCC is happy to see China continues to encourage regional decision-makers to source foreign investment from Britain, according to the paper.
The report said the country's inflation pressure will be relatively small, the macro leverage ratio will remain stable with a slight decline.
- Home prices in 100 Chinese cities saw a slight increase last month, an industrial report showed.
"While a combination of factors, including the coronavirus pandemic, severely impacted the global economy last year, only a slight decrease in actual investment in China was realized," said Seyedin at a news conference in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Friday.
"Dairy exports fell in the month despite a slight rise in milk production in the 2019-2020 season, with dairy cow herd numbers relatively steady, he said.
Guangdong, a major production base for the world, reached a foreign trade volume of 7.08 trillion yuan in 2020, representing more than 22 percent of the country's total despite a slight year-on-year drop of 0.9 percent, The province sold 4.35 trillion yuan worth of products abroad, marking year-on-year growth of 0.2 percent and a record high, while its imports came to 2.73 trillion yuan, a year-on-year drop of 2.6 percent.
Despite the slight decline from the previous month, the two sub-indexes saw their gap continue to narrow, which indicated a more balanced relationship between production and demand, Zhao said.
The positive foreign trade performance in November has helped the province achieve a total volume of 6.36 trillion yuan from January and November, a slight year-on-year reduction of 1 percent, the statement said.
Except for a slight drop in the trade with the ASEAN, Hubei's imports and exports to its major trading partners all achieved significant growth in the first ten months.
"The annual profits of China's major industrial enterprises are expected to post a slight positive growth for this year," Zhu said.
Beijing's regional gross domestic product was 2.58 trillion yuan ($390 billion) for the first three quarters this year, up 0.1 percent year-on-year and marking a turning point from slight decline to growth.
While the Caixin survey indicates a slight expansion in employment across the economy, the employment subindexes from the NBS remained in the contraction territory last month.
Combined net profit is expected to reach $25.7 billion, a slight improvement over the projected 2023 profit of $23.3 billion.
Next year, airline industry's net profit is expected to reach $25.7 billion, a slight improvement over 2023, when it is expected to achieve a net profit of $23.3 billion.
"We observed there's a slight increase in consulting volume from customers and in-store purchases this year, indicating that more consumers are now welcoming the idea of gem-level lab-grown diamonds," Chang said.