公司

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Chinese

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public department; to be in charge
trad. (公司) 公 司
simp. #(公司) 公 司
anagram 司公

Pronunciation

Noun

公司

  1. (finance, business) company; firm; corporation (Classifier: 個／个; 家; 間／间)
    公司文化  ―  gōngsī wénhuà  ―  company culture
    公司榮譽／公司荣誉  ―  gōngsī róngyù  ―  company's prestige
    公司簡介／公司简介  ―  gōngsī jiǎnjiè  ―  company profile
    公司治理  ―  gōngsī zhìlǐ  ―  corporate governance
    開公司／开公司  ―  kāi gōngsī  ―  to start a company
    接管公司  ―  jiēguǎn gōngsī  ―  to take over a company
    有悖於公司利益／有悖于公司利益  ―  yǒubèiyú gōngsī lìyì  ―  to clash with the interests of the company
    陳先生被原單位派遣到連鎖公司工作。 [MSC, trad.]
    陈先生被原单位派遣到连锁公司工作。 [MSC, simp.]
    Chén xiānsheng bèi yuándānwèi pàiqiǎn dào liánsuǒ gōngsī gōngzuò.
    Mr. Chen was sent by his former organization to work at a chain company.
    市政府與公司簽署了合作框架協議。 [MSC, trad.]
    市政府与公司签署了合作框架协议。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shìzhèngfǔ yǔ gōngsī qiānshǔ le hézuò kuàngjià xiéyì.
    The city government has signed a cooperative framework agreement with the company.
    這個公司在海外市場佔有一席之地。 [MSC, trad.]
    这个公司在海外市场占有一席之地。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhège gōngsī zài hǎiwài shìchǎng zhànyǒu yīxízhīdì.
    This company occupies a niche in the overseas market.
  2. (dated) kongsi; clan hall (benevolent organisation of overseas Chinese of the same origin) (Classifier: 個／个; 家; 間／间)

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公司):
  • → Japanese: 公(こう)司(し) (kōshi)
  • → Vietnamese: công ti (公司)

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Further reading

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
公 司
こう
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
公 司
コン
Grade: 2 		ス
Grade: 4
irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

公(こう)司(し) or 公(コン)司(ス) • (kōshi or konsu) 

  1. company, firm - used for Chinese companies.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
公司

Noun

公司

  1. chữ Hán form of công ty (“company, firm”).
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