公司 (gōngsī) — company
HSK 1 | noun | company, corporation, firm
公司 (gōngsī)
A noun meaning company, corporation, or firm. It refers to any business organization. The word combines 公 (public, collective) and 司 (manage, oversee).
Meanings
- [noun] Company, corporation, business firm.
Example Sentences
他在一家大公司工作。 Tā zài yī jiā dà gōngsī gōngzuò. He works at a large company.
这家公司有五百名员工。 Zhè jiā gōngsī yǒu wǔbǎi míng yuángōng. This company has five hundred employees.
她想开一家自己的公司。 Tā xiǎng kāi yī jiā zìjǐ de gōngsī. She wants to start her own company.
公司今天开会，我不能去喝咖啡了。 Gōngsī jīntiān kāihuì, wǒ bù néng qù hē kāfēi le. The company has a meeting today, I cannot go for coffee.
Collocations
| Collocation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 大公司 (dà gōngsī) | large company |
| 小公司 (xiǎo gōngsī) | small company |
| 去公司 (qù gōngsī) | go to the company / go to work |
| 公司里 (gōngsī lǐ) | inside the company |
| 开公司 (kāi gōngsī) | open/start a company |
| 一家公司 (yī jiā gōngsī) | one company (家 is the measure word) |
Memory Hook
The measure word for companies is 家 (jiā), the same measure word used for families and households. A company is like a family or household unit in Chinese conceptual terms.