石油化工

shíyóu huàgōng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 petrochemicals
  2. 2 petrochemical industry

Examples

HSK 7-9
Shíyóu huàgōng shì guójiā de zhīzhù chǎnyè zhīyī.
The petrochemical industry is one of the country's pillar industries.
HSK 7-9
Tā zài yìjiā shíyóu huàgōng gōngsī dāng gōngchéngshī.
He works as an engineer at a petrochemical company.

Tips

usage
化工 is the standard short form of 化学工业 (chemical industry). So 石油化工 = petroleum (石油) + chemical industry (化工) = petrochemicals. You will see it most in the name 中石化 (Sinopec, 中国石油化工集团).

Stroke Order

shí
yóu
huà
gōng