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Definition
Industry; the manufacturing sector that processes raw materials into finished products.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the secondary sector of the economy involving large scale production. While it appears in academic and news contexts, it is less common in casual daily chatter unless discussing economics or history. It is often paired with specific types like heavy or light industry to narrow the scope.
Examples
Hong Kong used to have many factories doing manufacturing.
Do you know which country has the most developed industry?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe a specific job or trade, as that is better expressed by words like 工種 or 行業. It is an abstract category rather than a term for a person's individual work.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
