服务业

服務業

fúwùyè

noun #31,020

Meanings

1 service industry; service sector
2 tertiary sector

Characters

serve; clothing

industry; trade

Examples

服务业占了国民经济的大部分。

Fúwùyè zhànle guómín jīngjì de dàbùfèn.

The service industry accounts for most of the national economy.

她在服务业工作了十年。

Tā zài fúwùyè gōngzuòle shí nián.

She has worked in the service industry for ten years.

中国的服务业增长得很快。

Zhōngguó de fúwùyè zēngzhǎng de hěn kuài.

China's service sector is growing quickly.

Tips

usage

服务业 is the standard economics-and-news term for the tertiary sector — restaurants, banks, hotels, health care, IT services, retail. It contrasts with 制造业 (zhìzàoyè, manufacturing) and 农业 (nóngyè, agriculture). The 业 suffix systematically forms 'industry' nouns: 旅游业 tourism, 房地产业 real-estate, 金融业 finance.

Stroke Order

服 fú

务 wù

业 yè