生意 (shēngyi) means Business. Below are 10 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他家的 生意 最近很好。
Tā jiā de shēngyi zuìjìn hěn hǎo.
His family's business has been doing well lately.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 生意
他想自己做点儿小 生意 。
Tā xiǎng zìjǐ zuò diǎnr xiǎo shēngyi.
He wants to run a small business of his own.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 生意
这个 生意 能赚钱。
Zhège shēngyi néng zhuàn qián.
This business can make money.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 赚
做 生意 总要有些本钱。
Zuò shēngyi zǒng yào yǒu xiē běnqián.
Doing business always takes some capital.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 本钱
信誉是做 生意 的根本。
Xìnyù shì zuò shēngyi de gēnběn.
Reputation is the foundation of doing business.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 信誉
这家店做的是批发 生意 。
Zhè jiā diàn zuò de shì pīfā shēngyi.
This shop does wholesale business.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 批发
合伙做 生意 最重要的是信任。
Héhuǒ zuò shēngyi zuì zhòngyào de shì xìnrèn.
The most important thing in a business partnership is trust.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 合伙
做 生意 也要讲原则，不能不择手段。
Zuò shēngyi yě yào jiǎng yuánzé, bù néng bùzéshǒuduàn.
Business too needs principles; you cannot use any means available.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不择手段
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Questions about 生意
How is 生意 used in a sentence?
This page shows 10 sentences using 生意 (shēngyi, "Business"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 生意 an HSK word?
Yes — 生意 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 生意?
The dictionary page for 生意 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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