私营

sī yíng · HSK 7

privately-owned

🏪 私 (private/self) + 营 (operate a business) = privately run, private

私 carries the sense of personal or self, the same 私 in 私人 (private person). 营 means to operate or manage, as in 经营 (run a business). Together: a business operated by private hands rather than the state.

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