企业主 (qǐ yè zhǔ) — owner of an enterprise, business owner

Definition

noun
owner of an enterprisebusiness owner
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 企业主。
    Zhè wèi qǐ yè zhǔ jīng yíng zhe yì jiā xiǎo xíng gōng chǎng.
    This business owner runs a small factory.
  • 企业主，。
    Zuò wéi qǐ yè zhǔ, tā měi tiān dōu yào chǔ lǐ hěn duō shì wù.
    As an enterprise owner, he has to handle a lot of affairs every day.
  • 企业主。
    Jǐ wèi qǐ yè zhǔ zài yì qǐ tǎo lùn shì chǎng de biàn huà.
    Several business owners are discussing market changes together.

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.

企业enterprise
企qǐenterprise业yèbusiness
联合Side by side
主zhǔowner

The enterprise combines with owner to mean the owner of an enterprise.

Characters in this word

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

企 pairs 人 (person) with 止 (foot), showing a person standing on tiptoes.

Open 企 →

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 →

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

The old forms that became 主 showed a lamp or torch with a flame at the top; other forms showed wood on fire or a spirit tablet.

Open 主 →

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