生意 shēngyi▶ negocio

Stroke order

生意 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 生 — 5 strokes
• 意 — 13 strokes

Example sentences

• 他家的生意很好。Tā jiā de shēngyi hěn hǎo.His family's business is doing well.
• 他们在南方做生意。Tāmen zài nánfāng zuò shēngyi.They do business in the south.

Related words

• 主意idea
• 出生Nacimiento
• 发生Suceder, ocurrir
• 得意Orgulloso
• 意见Opinión
• 故意deliberadamente

生意 is pronounced shēngyi and means “negocio”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 生意 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.