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生意 shēngyì

生意 shēngyì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 生意 shēngyì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shēngyì | sheng1 yi4
English translation
life force
vitality
business
CL:
>[bǐ]

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Traditional form

生意 shēngyì

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 生意 shēngyì

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shēng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a sprout emerging from the ground.

Positional decomposition

一土

Number of Strokes

5

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and yīn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yīn

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

音心

Number of Strokes

13

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Example sentences using 生意 shēngyì

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认出 rèn chū 亨特 Hēng tè 先生 Xiānsheng shì zài 银行业 yín háng yè 工作 gōngzuò 那些 nà xiē Nián 相识 xiāng shí de 生意 shēngyì shǎng de lǎo 熟人 shú rén .

He recognized Mr. Hunter as an old business acquaintance from his years in banking.

qiāo diào 老头子 lǎo tóu zi ,纯粹 chúncuì shì 出于 chū yú 生意 shēngyì de 考虑 kǎolǜ , ér 不是 bú shi 个人 gèrén 恩怨 ēnyuàn .

And his knocking off the old man is purely business, nothing personal.

本来 běnlái ma , 一切 yīqiè dōu shì 个人 gèrén 问题 wèntí ,生意 shēngyì shǎng de zhuāng zhuāng 一件件,都是个人问题.

" Tom , don't let anybody kid you . It's all personal, every . bit of business.

冬妮祖米兴经营 jīngyíng 出版 chūbǎn 生意 shēngyì 成功 Chénggōng , 他们 tā men 结了婚.

Dounias and Razumihin, now successful publishers, were married.

shǎng yuè 泰勒 Tài lè de 生意 shēngyì péi zhuàn .

Taylor's business just managed to break even last month.

生意 shēngyì Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 生意 shēngyì and their own compounds.

生意 shēngyì Compounds

See all 71 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 生意 shēngyì in their composition.

  • shēng
    • xīng
      • xǐng , xīng , xīng , xīng , děng , qíng , , , , , , ,
    • Lóng
      • 窿 lóng , lóng , , , ,
    • chǎn
    • xìng , shèng , xìng , shēng , shēng , shēng , jīng , , xīng , shēng , shēn , chǎn , shěng , shēng , , , , , , , , , , ruí , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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