工业 gōngyè industry
How to remember 工业: 工 work + 业 industry = industry.
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How it is used
- Industry (manufacturing sector): 工业发展 (gōngyè fāzhǎn) industrial development; 重工业 heavy industry.
- Part of the trio 工业/农业/服务业 (industry/agriculture/services).
- Contrast 产业 (chǎnyè, an industry/sector in general) - 工业 specifically is manufacturing.
Example sentences
- 许多人在工业城市工作。 Xǔduō rén zài gōngyè chéngshì gōngzuò.Many people work in industrial towns.
- 底特律因它的汽车工业而出名。 Dǐtèlǜ yīn tā de qìchē gōngyè érchūmíng.Detroit is famous for its car industry.
- 我们今天所认识的工业在那个时代不存在。 Wǒmen jīntiān suǒ rènshí de gōngyè zài nàge shídài bù cúnzài.Industry as we know it today didn't exist in those days.