How to say “start a business” in Chinese
start a business
“Start a business” in Chinese is 创业, chuàng yè: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
创业 is read chuàng yè: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the right, 刂 “knife”; on the left, 仓 cāng hints at the sound. Second reading: chuāng, “wound”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “创业”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 创业. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 大学毕业以后，他决定自己创业。dàxuébìyèyǐhòu,tājuédìngzìjǐchuàngyèAfter university he decided to start his own business.
- 很多年轻人想自己创业hěnduōniánqīngrénxiǎngzìjǐchuàngyèMany young people want to start their own business.
- 我想自己创业wǒxiǎngzìjǐchuàngyèI want to start my own business.
- 你为什么想自己创业？nǐwèishénmexiǎngzìjǐchuàngyèWhy do you want to start your own business?
- 政府大力支持年轻人创业zhèngfǔdàlìzhīchíniánqīngrénchuàngyèThe authorities strongly support young people who start their own businesses.
- 创业的道路十分艰难chuàngyèdedàolùshífēnjiānnánThe road of an entrepreneur is very hard.
More words from the lesson “Your own business”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “start a business” in Chinese?
“Start a business” in Chinese is 创业, pinyin chuàngyè.
What does 创业 mean?
创业 (chuàngyè) means “start a business”.
How do you write 创业?
创业 is 2 characters: 创 (chuàng) — create, start; 业 (yè) — business, occupation. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 创业?
创业 is read chuàngyè. Tones: chuàng — fourth tone, yè — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“start a business” in the lesson “Your own business”
This word is from the topic “Business” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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