并购 (bìng gòu) — to acquire (a company); to take over; (business) merger and acquisition (M&A)

Definition

并购 refers specifically to corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 收购 focuses on buying/purchasing assets or shares; 接手 means taking over tasks or duties, not a company transaction.

verb
to acquire (a company)to take over(business) merger and acquisition (M&A)

Examples

  • 并购。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī bèi yì jiā dà qǐ yè bìng gòu le.
    This company was acquired by a large enterprise.
  • 并购。
    Liǎng jiā gōng sī zhèng zài tán pàn bìng gòu shì yí.
    The two companies are negotiating M&A matters.
  • 并购。
    Tā men jì huà míng nián bìng gòu yì jiā jìng zhēng duì shǒu.
    They plan to acquire a competitor next year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

并 means to merge, and 购 means to buy, together naming the combined business actions of merging and acquisition.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 購; 购 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishellfish
Sound part声符shēngfú
冓
冓gòu購gòu
Same sound today

The traditional form 購 pairs 貝, a shellfish, with 冓, which gives the sound; the simplified 购 is a later shorthand.

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