国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
国有
guóyǒu
state-owned; publicly owned
Characters in this word
有 yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 𠂇 hand 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 国有企业若只追求短期利润，就容易偏离公共服务的基本职责。 Guóyǒu qǐyè ruò zhǐ zhuīqiú duǎnqī lìrùn, jiù róngyì piānlí gōnggòng fúwù de jīběn zhízé. If state-owned enterprises pursue only short-term profits, they can easily drift away from their basic responsibility to provide public services.
- 这家银行是国有的，不是私人的。 Zhè jiā yínháng shì guóyǒu de, bú shì sīrén de. This bank is state-owned, not private.
- 这片森林属于国有，任何人不得随意砍伐。 Zhè piàn sēnlín shǔyú guóyǒu, rènhé rén bù dé suíyì kǎnfá. This forest is state property, and nobody may cut trees down at will.
Related words
- 国 guó country, state
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 出国 chūguó to go abroad
- 国际 guójì international
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 全国 quánguó the whole country
- 国内 guónèi within the country
- 国庆 guóqìng National Day
- 联合国 Liánhéguó the United Nations