做
生
意

To do business in Chinese: 做生意 (zuò shēng yì)

zuò shēng yì

to do business

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-92 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to do business

Stroke order

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做
生
意

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄥ

shēng

ㄕ/ shㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他有做生意的经验。

    tā yǒu zuò shēng yì de jīng yàn。

    He was experienced in business.

  • 爸爸因为做生意去了香港。

    bà ba yīn wèi zuò shēng yì qù le xiāng gǎng。

    My father went to Hong Kong on business.

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Related words

做

zuò

to make

生

shēng

to be born

先生

xiān sheng

teacher

学生

xué sheng

student

医生

yī shēng

doctor

生病

shēng bìng

to fall ill

生日

shēng rì

birthday

意思

yì si

idea

满意

mǎn yì

satisfied

生气

shēng qì

to get angry

同意

tóng yì

to agree

愿意

yuàn yì

to wish

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