外商独资企业
Traditional form:
外商獨資企業
Pinyin (reading):
wàishāngdúzīqǐyè
Definitions:
- wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China)
- abbr. to 外資企業／外资企业 (wàizīqǐyè)
Characters:
- 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
- 商 - commerce, business, trade
- 独 - alone, independent, only, single, solitary
- 资 - wealth, property, capital
- 企 - to plan a project; to stand on tiptoe
- 业 - business, profession; to study, to work
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