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经营

jīng yíng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 經營

经营 (jīng yíng) means "to run, operate (a business)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 经营 means

1. to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate

The characters in 经营

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion

Example sentences

• 我父亲经营外贸多年。
  My father has been engaged in foreign trade for many years.
• 他的父母经营一家酒店。
  Tā de fùmǔ jīngyíng yījiā jiǔdiàn.
  His parents ran a hotel.
• 我的父亲经营一家餐馆。
  Wǒ de fùqīn jīngyíng yījiā cānguǎn.
  My father runs a restaurant.
• 这家公司由一个外国人经营。
  Zhè jiā gōngsī yóu yī gè wàiguórén jīngyíng.
  That company is managed by a foreigner.
• 他在这个镇上经营一家超级市场。
  Tā zài zhège zhèn shàng jīngyíng yījiā chāojíshìchǎng.
  He runs a supermarket in the town.
• 我不赞成将医院像企业一样经营。
  I don't agree with hospitals being run like businesses.

Words starting with 经营

• 经营者jīng yíng zhěexecutive; manager; transactor
• 经营费用jīng yíng fèi yòngbusiness cost; business expense

Words containing 经营

• 苦心经营kǔ xīn jīng yíngto build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts
• 特许经营tè xǔ jīng yíngfranchised operation; franchising
• 中国经营报Zhōng guó Jīng yíng BàoChina Business (a Beijing newspaper)
• 证券经营zhèng quàn jīng yíngshare dealing; brokering
• 惨淡经营cǎn dàn jīng yíngto manage by painstaking effort (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read jīng yíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 晶莹sparkling and translucent

Where 经营 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Labor & Employment (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīng yíng correctly.
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