做生意 Chinese English dictionary 做生意 translate 做生意 pinyin

做生意

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
做生意 zuòshēngyì	做生意 \| 做生意* \| *做生意	to do business	HSK 7-9

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
做	做 \| 做* \| *做	11画人亻 + 9	zuò	work, make; act	zou6	2824.0 OJRK


生	生 \| 生* \| *生	5画生 + 0	shēng	life, living, lifetime; birth	saang1, sang1	2510.0 HQM


意	意 \| 意* \| *意	13画心忄 + 9	yì	thought, idea, opinion; think	ji3	0033.6 YTAP

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
做生意 zuòshēngyì	做生意 \| 做生意* \| *做生意	to do business


做 zuò	做 \| 做* \| *做	to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)


生　shēng	生 \| 生* \| *生	to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student


生意　shēngyì	生意 \| 生意* \| *生意	life force / vitality


生意　shēngyi	生意 \| 生意* \| *生意	business / CL: 筆｜笔


意　　Yì	意 \| 意* \| *意	Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利)


意　　yì	意 \| 意* \| *意	idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

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