HSK 5 · Work

企业 qǐyè “company” in Chinese

Traditional 企業

What 企业 means

  1. company
  2. firm
  3. enterprise
  4. corporation

Measure word 家 jiā · 一家企业 yì jiā qǐyè

How to say 企业

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale企qǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale业yè4th tone, falling

企业 in a sentence

  1. 当地企业正在联手举办一项慈善活动。

    Dāngdì qǐyè zhèngzài liánshǒu jǔbàn yí xiàng císhàn huódòng.

    Local businesses are teaming up for a charity initiative.

    Sentence #13190525 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 企业第一季度收益大幅增长。

    Qǐyè dìyī jìdù shōuyì dàfú zēngzhǎng.

    Company earnings rose sharply in the first quarter.

    Sentence #380727 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 中小企业要勒紧裤带才能存活。

    Zhōngxiǎo qǐyè yào lēijǐn kùdài cáinéng cúnhuó.

    Small and medium-sized businesses have to tighten their belts to survive.

    Sentence #389413 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 企业 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 企 (qǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
企qǐto stand on tiptoe and look
  • 人person · rén
  • 止stop · zhǐ
The character 业 (yè) drawn as one shape
业yèline of business

业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 企业

企 6 strokes · 业 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

企业 (qǐyè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 企业 (qǐyè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 企业

Words with 企

企图qǐtú · to attempt

Words with 业

作业zuòyè · school assignment毕业bìyè · graduation专业zhuānyè · major (at university)职业zhíyè · occupation业余yèyú · spare-time工业gōngyè · industry农业nóngyè · agriculture商业shāngyè · business失业shīyè · unemployment行业hángyè · trade

More words: Work & Career

模特mótè · (fashion) model农民nóngmín · farmer农业nóngyè · agriculture培训péixùn · to train人事rénshì · personnel人员rényuán · staff日程rìchéng · schedule商业shāngyè · business

FAQs

企业 (qǐyè) means “company” or “firm”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qǐyè: qǐ with a 3rd tone, then yè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 企业 is written 企業. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 家 (jiā). For example, one company is 一家企业 (yì jiā qǐyè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiye with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 企业 from the suggestions. Typing qiye into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
企业 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.