服务业

服務業

fúwùyè

noun HSK 7-9 #31,020

Meanings

1 service industry; service sector
2 tertiary sector

Characters

serve; clothing

industry; trade

Examples

HSK 1

她在服务业工作了十年。

Tā zài fúwùyè gōngzuò le shínián.

She has worked in the service industry for ten years.

HSK 3

中国的服务业增长得很快。

Zhōngguó de fúwùyè zēngzhǎng de hěnkuài.

China's service sector is growing quickly.

HSK 5

服务业占了国民经济的大部分。

Fúwùyè zhàn le guómín jīngjì de dàbùfèn.

The service industry accounts for most of the national economy.

Tips

usage

服务业 is the standard economics-and-news term for the tertiary sector - restaurants, banks, hotels, health care, IT services, retail. It contrasts with 制造业 (manufacturing) and 农业 (agriculture). The 业 suffix systematically forms 'industry' nouns: 旅游业 tourism, 房地产业 real-estate, 金融业 finance.

Stroke Order

服 fú

务 wù

业 yè