工业界 (gōng yè jiè) — industrial circles, the industrial sector

Definition

noun
industrial circlesthe industrial sector

Examples

  • 工业界。
    gōng yè jiè Zhèng zài jī jí yìng duì qì hòu biàn huà.
    The industrial sector is actively responding to climate change.
  • 工业界。
    Zhè cì huì yì xī yǐn le lái zì gōng yè jiè de xǔ duō zhuān jiā.
    This meeting attracted many experts from industrial circles.
  • 工业界，。
    Tā zài gōng yè jiè gōng zuò le sān shí nián, jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
    He has worked in industrial circles for thirty years and has very rich experience.

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.

工业industry
工gōngindustry业yèoccupation
偏正Modifier + head
界jiècircle

工业 means industry, and 界 means a circle or sector.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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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
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.

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