工商 (gōng shāng) — industry and commerce

Definition

工商 (gōngshāng) is a fixed collective term for 'industry and commerce' (工商 = 工 'industry' + 商 'commerce'), used as a single noun in official and business contexts like 工商局 or 工商注册.

noun
industry and commerce

Examples

  • 工商
    Tā zài gōng shāng guǎn lǐ jú gōng zuò.
    He works at the industry and commerce administration bureau.
  • 工商
    Zhè jiā gōng sī de gōng shāng zhù cè shǒu xù bàn wán le.
    This company's industry and commerce registration procedures are completed.
  • 工商
    gōng shāng Hé zuò kě yǐ cù jìn jīng jì fā zhǎn.
    Cooperation between industry and commerce can promote economic development.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

gōngindustry
shāngcommerce

工 industry and 商 commerce stand side by side, naming the combined business sector.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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