工商

gōngshāng

noun HSK 6 #28,191

Meanings

1 industry and commerce
2 business administration (in 工商管理)

Characters

commerce; business

Industry and commerce — the world of business.

Examples

他学的是工商管理专业。

Tā xué de shì gōng shāng guǎnlǐ zhuānyè.

He majored in business administration.

工商局负责企业注册。

Gōng shāng jú fùzé qǐyè zhùcè.

The Bureau of Industry and Commerce handles business registration.

工商界代表参加了会议。

Gōng shāng jiè dàibiǎo cānjiā le huìyì.

Representatives from the business community attended the meeting.

Tips

usage

工商管理 (gōng shāng guǎnlǐ) = business administration (MBA). 工商局 was the Chinese bureau for business registration (now merged into 市场监管局). 工商银行 (ICBC) = Industrial and Commercial Bank.

Stroke Order

工 gōng

商 shāng