国有 guóyǒu nationalized
nationalized; public; government owned; state-owned
How to remember 国有: 国 country + 有 have = nationalized.
Characters
How it is used
- State-owned - 国有企业 (guóyǒu qǐyè) state-owned enterprise (SOE); 国有资产 (guóyǒu zīchǎn) state assets.
- Attributive, marks public/government ownership; contrast 民营 (mínyíng, privately run). Formal/economic.
Example sentences
- 美国有50个州。 Měiguó yǒu 50gèzhōu.There are fifty states in the United States.