kòng gǔ gōng sīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
holding company
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Original source entry:

控股公司 控股公司 [kong4 gu3 gong1 si1] /holding company/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 控
    kòng

    to control / to accuse / to charge / to sue / to invert a container to empty it / (suffix) (slang) buff / enthusiast / devotee / -phile or -philia

  • 股
    gǔ

    thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[kē] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions

  • 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[wǔ děng jué wèi] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

  • 司
    sī

    to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)

    Sī

    surname Si

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