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物业 (wù yè) — property management (services, company, or fees); property, real estate (as an asset)

Definition

物业 is short for 物业管理 — the service/company that manages a residential complex, or the fees you pay them. Distinguish from 房地产 (real estate as an industry/asset); 资产 is the broader accounting term for assets.

noun
property management (services, company, or fees)propertyreal estate (as an asset)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 物业。
    Wǒ men xiǎo qū de wù yè fèi měi gè yuè wǔ bǎi kuài.
    The property management fee in our neighborhood is 500 yuan per month.
  • 物业。
    wù yè Gōng sī pài rén lái xiū diàn tī le.
    The property management company sent someone to fix the elevator.
  • 物业。
    Zhè tào fáng zi de wù yè shǔ yú kāi fā shāng.
    The property of this apartment belongs to the developer.

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.

物wùproperty
业yèbusiness

物 (property) and 业 (business) combine to mean property-related business.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
牛牛niú
Sound part声符shēngfú
勿
勿wù物wù
Same sound today

物 puts 牛 beside 勿: 牛 gives the meaning, and 勿 gives the sound.

Open 物 →

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 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 5Business & CommerceHome & Housing

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