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企业家 (qǐ yè jiā) — entrepreneur

Definition

noun
entrepreneur
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 企业家。
    Zhè wèi qǐ yè jiā chuàng bàn le yì jiā kē jì gōng sī.
    This entrepreneur founded a tech company.
  • 企业家。
    Chéng gōng de qǐ yè jiā xū yào yǒu chuàng xīn jīng shén.
    Successful entrepreneurs need to have an innovative spirit.
  • 企业家。
    Hěn duō qǐ yè jiā dōu wèi shè huì chuàng zào le jiù yè jī huì.
    Many entrepreneurs create job opportunities for society.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

企业enterprise
企qǐenterprise业yèbusiness
联合Coordinate
家jiāperson

企业 (enterprise) and 家 (person) mean a person who runs 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.

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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.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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