糖业 (tángyè): sugar industry

Meanings

1 sugar industry
2 sugar trade

Characters

糖

Examples

古巴的糖业曾经是全球最大的。

Gǔbā de tángyè céngjīng shì quánqiú zuìdà de.

Cuba's sugar industry was once the largest in the world.

广西是中国糖业的主要产区。

Guǎngxī shì Zhōngguó tángyè de zhǔyào chǎnqū.

Guangxi is the main producing region of China's sugar industry.

Tips

grammar

X + 业 (yè) = "X industry" — a productive pattern. Compare 制糖业 (zhìtángyè, "sugar manufacturing industry," more specific), 农业 (nóngyè, agriculture), 旅游业 (lǚyóuyè, tourism industry), 服务业 (fúwùyè, service industry).