台商

Táishāng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Taiwanese businessperson
  2. 2 Taiwanese-owned company (operating in mainland China or abroad)

Examples

Hěn duō Táishāng zài Dàlù tóuzī shèchǎng.
Many Taiwanese businesspeople invest and set up factories in mainland China.
Zhè jiā gōngsī shì zhīmíng de Táishāng qǐyè.
This company is a well-known Taiwanese-owned enterprise.

Tips

culture
Beginning in the 1980s, 台商 became a key category in cross-strait economics — Taiwanese manufacturers (Foxconn / 富士康 Fùshìkāng being the largest) built much of mainland China's electronics and apparel supply chains. Their concentration in cities like (Dōngguǎn) and (Kūnshān) created entire 台商 communities.
usage
Follows a productive pattern: (Gǎngshāng, 'Hong Kong businessperson'), (Měishāng, 'American businessperson'), 外商 (wàishāng, 'foreign business'). Region/country abbreviation + = 'businessperson from there'.

Stroke Order

tái
shāng