石油化工

shíyóuhuàgōng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 petrochemicals
  2. 2 petrochemical industry

Examples

Shíyóu huàgōng shì guójiā de zhīzhù chǎnyè zhī yī.
The petrochemical industry is one of the country's pillar industries.
Tā zài yì jiā shíyóu huàgōng gōngsī dāng gōngchéngshī.
He works as an engineer at a petrochemical company.

Tips

usage
化工 (huàgōng) 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 石化 (Sinopec, 中国石油化工集团).

Stroke Order

shí
yóu
huà
gōng