| 公私合营 |
gōng sī hé yíng |
joint public private operation |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 公私 |
gōng sī |
public and private (interests, initiative etc) |
| 私 |
sī |
personal / private / selfish |
| 合 |
gě |
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 |
| 合 |
hé |
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒 |
| 合 |
hé |
variant of 合 |
| 合营 |
hé yíng |
to operate jointly / a joint venture / cooperative |
| 营 |
yíng |
camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for |