企业界 (qǐ yè jiè) — the business community, business circles, the corporate world

Definition

The collective noun for 'the business community' — companies, executives, and corporate sectors as a whole. Use 界 to mean 'the world/circle of'; compare 金融界 (finance world) and 学术界 (academic world).

noun
the business communitybusiness circlesthe corporate world

Examples

  • 企业界。
    qǐ yè jiè De dài biǎo cān jiā le zhè cì jīng jì lùn tán.
    Representatives from the business community attended this economic forum.
  • 企业界。
    qǐ yè jiè Duì xīn de shuì shōu zhèng cè fǎn yìng jī jí.
    The business community reacted positively to the new tax policy.
  • 企业界。
    Zhè wèi qǐ yè jiā zài qǐ yè jiè hěn yǒu yǐng xiǎng lì.
    This entrepreneur is very influential in the business world.

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
偏正Modifier + head
界jiècircle

The 界 is the circle of 企业, where 企 and 业 together mean business enterprises.

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 →

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
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè界jiè
Same sound today

界 is built from 田 (field) and 介. 田 carries the meaning, while 介 gives the sound.

Open 界 →

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