外商

wàishāng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 foreign businessman
  2. 2 foreign trader
  3. 3 foreign company

Examples

Hěnduō wàishāng lái Zhōngguó tóuzī.
Many foreign businesses come to China to invest.
Zhèngfǔ gǔlì wàishāng dúzī qǐyè de fāzhǎn.
The government encourages the development of wholly foreign-owned enterprises.

Tips

usage
In modern PRC legal/economic writing, 外商 usually refers to a foreign enterprise rather than an individual trader. 外商投资 (foreign direct investment) and 外商独资 (wholly foreign-owned) are the most common compounds.

Stroke Order

wài
shāng