(gōng sī) - company, corporation, firm in Mandarin
gōngsīTraditional: 公司
Translation
company, corporation, firm
Word origin
A compound of 公 (gong) 'public, common' (八 'divide' over 厶 'private', read as dividing the private into the common) and 司 (si) 'to manage, to administer'. Together: a managed public body, 'company'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 公 (gong, 'public') + 司 (si, 'to manage')
Stroke order
公
司
Examples
。
He works at a large company.
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This company is very well known.
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The company's business is good this year.
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He works at a foreign company.
百。
Our company has more than a hundred staff.
公司 (gōng sī) - company, corporation, firm.
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