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民营 (mín yíng) — privately run (of an enterprise, as opposed to state-owned)

Definition

民营 focuses on the business/enterprise sector ('private economy, private enterprise'). 私营 is a near-synonym; 私立 is used for non-business institutions like schools and hospitals.

adjective
privately run (of an enterprise, as opposed to state-owned)

Examples

  • 民营。
    Zhè jiā mín yíng yī yuàn de fú wù hěn hǎo.
    The service at this privately-run hospital is very good.
  • 民营。
    Jìn nián lái mín yíng jīng jì fā zhǎn hěn kuài.
    In recent years, the private economy has developed rapidly.
  • 民营。
    Hěn duō mín yíng qǐ yè dōu zài zhāo pìn xīn yuán gōng.
    Many privately-run enterprises are recruiting new employees.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

民mínprivate sector/people
营yíngrun/operate

民 (private sector/people) and 营 (run/operate) combine to mean run by private people.

Characters in this word

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

The early form of 民 shows an eye pierced by a sharp cross-shaped implement, possibly linked to an injured or unclear eye.

Open 民 →

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 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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