🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

国有

Pronunciation / Transliteration: guó yǒu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
State-owned/ˌsteɪt ˈoʊnd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家公司是一家国有企业。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Owned and operated by the national government.

    "The country's largest telecommunications provider is a state-owned enterprise."
  2. 2

    Funded, controlled, or administered directly by public authorities.

    "Many media outlets in the region remain strictly state-owned."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'state' (from Old French 'estat', ultimately from Latin 'status', meaning condition or standing) and 'owned' (from Old English 'āgnian', meaning to claim or possess). The compound term became prominent in economic and political contexts during the 20th century to describe enterprises and property directly held and operated by a national government.

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