公司

gōng sī

entreprise; bureau

HSK Level 2

Exemples de phrases

我在一家公司工作。

wǒ zài yī jiā gōngsī gōngzuò.

I work at a company.

这家公司很不错。

zhè jiā gōngsī hěn bùcuò.

This company is very good.

我想在一家大公司工作。

wǒ xiǎng zài yī jiā dà gōngsī gōngzuò.

I want to work at a big company.

Synonymes

企业 (qǐyè)

enterprise

公司 (gōngsī)

company

Antonymes

个人 (gè rén)

individual

家庭 (jiā tíng)

family

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Étymologie et composants

The Chinese word 公司 (gōngsī) for "company" is a compound of two characters: 公 (gōng) and 司 (sī). The character 公 means "public" or "common", while the character 司 means "to manage" or "to control". Together, the two characters 公司 mean "to manage a public affair" or "to do business together".The word 公司 first appeared in the Chinese language during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD). It was originally used to refer to a government office or agency. However, over time, the meaning of the word expanded to include private businesses and corporations. Today, 公司 is the most common word used to refer to a company in Chinese.The word 公司 is also used in other languages, such as Japanese and Korean. In Japanese, the word is pronounced kaisha and it has the same meaning as in Chinese. In Korean, the word is pronounced gongsa and it also has the same meaning as in Chinese.