荣氏

榮氏

Róngshì

proper noun

Meanings

1 the Rong family (Jiangsu industrial dynasty, flour and cotton empire)
2 of the Rong lineage

Characters

glory; Rong (surname)

clan; family name

Examples

HSK 7-9

荣氏家族是近代中国最著名的民族工商业世家之一。

Róngshì jiāzú shì jìndài Zhōngguó zuì zhùmíng de mínzú gōngshāngyè shìjiā zhīyī.

The Rong family is one of the most famous national industrial-commercial dynasties of modern China.

HSK 7-9

无锡至今还保留着荣氏故居。

Wúxī zhìjīn hái bǎoliú zhe Róngshì gùjū.

Wuxi still preserves the former residence of the Rong family to this day.

Tips

history

Wuxi (无锡) industrialist family that built China's largest pre-1949 private flour-milling and cotton-spinning empire, founded by brothers 荣宗敬 and 荣德生 in the 1900s. 荣德生's son 荣毅仁 (Rong Yiren) became PRC Vice President (1993-1998) and founded CITIC Group. The family is emblematic of 'national capitalist' (民族资本家) industrial patriotism.

Stroke Order

荣 róng

氏 shì