供应链

供應鏈
gōngyìngliàn
noun HSK 7-9

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 supply chain

Examples

HSK 6
Gōngsī zhèngzài bǎ bùfen gōngyìngliàn zhuǎnyí dào Dōngnányà.
The company is moving part of its supply chain to Southeast Asia.
HSK 7-9
Yìqíng bàolù le quánqiú gōngyìngliàn de cuìruò.
The pandemic exposed how fragile the global supply chain is.
HSK 7-9
Yì kē xīnpiàn quēhuò jiù néng ràng zhěng tiáo gōngyìngliàn tānhuàn.
One chip going out of stock can paralyze the whole supply chain.

Tips

usage
The suffix builds a whole family of business terms: 产业链 (industrial chain), 价值链 (value chain), 资金链 (cash-flow chain). All of them are discussed the same way, as something that breaks at one link and takes the rest with it.

Stroke Order

gōng
yīng
liàn