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公司 gōngsī

公司 gōngsī Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 公司 gōngsī .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōngsī | gong1 si1
English translation
(business) company
company
firm
corporation
incorporated
CL: jiā [jiā]

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Traditional form

公司 gōngsī

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 公司 gōngsī

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gōng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a vessel for holding liquid. The original meaning is now written as wèng , with the (pottery) component added at the bottom. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

八厶

Number of Strokes

4

Type

ideographic

Explanation

(take charge) and its mirror image Hòu (empress) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear.

Positional decomposition

⿹? kǒu

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 公司 gōngsī

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许多 xǔduō 公司 gōngsī 工厂 gōngchǎng de 建筑 jiànzhù mài 出去 chū qù , 然后 ránhòu zài 回来 huí lai 使用 shǐyòng .

Many more firms are selling the buildings in which their factories are, and leasing them back.

计算机 jì suàn jī xiàn 普及 pǔjí --公司 gōngsī jiāng 使用 shǐyòng .

Computers are everywhere now our firm is switching over soon.

guì 公司 gōngsī de 报价 bào jià tài Gāo , 公司 gōngsī 要求 yāoqiú 减价 jiǎn jià 5%.

Your price is too high. We ask for reduction of 5 %.

可是 kěshì tóng guì 公司 gōngsī Shàng 业务 yèwù 往来 wǎng lái .

But I've never had the pleasure of doing any business with you.

shì 红星 Hóng xīng 公司 gōngsī de 李霞.

I'm Li Xia from Red Star Company.

公司 gōngsī Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 公司 gōngsī and their own compounds.

公司 gōngsī Compounds

See all 60 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 公司 gōngsī in their composition.

  • gōng
    • Sōng
    • wēng
      • wēng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wēng , , wēng , , , , ,
    • gǔn
    • sòng , sòng , wèng , gōng , sōng , zhōng , zhōng , qiān , , , , , , , , , sòng , sòng
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