Chinese symbol for “trade”
行业
háng yè
Traditional: 行業
trade; profession; industry; business
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trade is 行业 (háng yè), defined as: trade; profession; industry; business.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “trade”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贸易 (貿易) | mào yì | (commercial) trade; 个 (gè) |
| 经商 (經商) | jīng shāng | to trade; to carry out commercial activities |
| 交易 | jiāo yì | to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal |
| 商业 (商業) | shāng yè | business; trade |
| 工 | gōng | work; worker |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 行业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 行政 | xíng zhèng | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive |
| 银行 (銀行) | yín háng | bank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trade”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.