外商

wàishāng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 4
Hěnduō wàishāng lái Zhōngguó tóuzī.
Many foreign businesses come to China to invest.
HSK 7-9
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