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营业额 (yíng yè é) — turnover, business volume

Definition

noun
turnoverbusiness volume

Examples

  • 营业额。
    Zhè ge yuè gōng sī de yíng yè é bǐ shàng ge yuè zēng jiā le bǎi fēn zhī shí.
    The company's turnover this month increased by ten percent compared to last month.
  • 营业额。
    Jīn nián zǒng yíng yè é dá dào le wǔ qiān wàn rén mín bì.
    This year's total business volume reached fifty million yuan.
  • 营业额。
    Tā men jì huà tōng guò cù xiāo lái zēng jiā yíng yè é.
    They plan to increase turnover through promotions.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

营业
营yíngoperate业yèbusiness
动宾Verb + object
额éamount

“营业” (operating a business) tells what kind of amount, and “额” (amount) gives the total meaning.

Characters in this word

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 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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 額; 额 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
客
客kè額é
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 額 combines 頁 (head), which points to the meaning, with 客, which gives the sound. The simplified 额 is a later abbreviation.

Open 额 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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