zung1 gwok3 sek6 jau4 tin1 jin4 hei3 gu2 fan6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1中國石油天然氣股份有限公司中国石油天然气股份有限公司
Jyutpingzung1 gwok3 sek6 jau4 tin1 jin4 hei3 gu2 fan6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1
Yalejūng gwok sehk yàuh tīn yìhn hei gú fahn yáuh haahn gūng sī
Definition
PetroChina Company Limited, a major Chinese oil and gas company.
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How it's used
Full corporate names are rarely spoken in their entirety during casual conversation. Locals typically shorten this specific entity to 中石油 to save time and effort. Using the full legal name is reserved for formal documents, legal contracts, or official news reporting.
Examples
He works at PetroChina Co., Ltd.
Do you know where PetroChina Co., Ltd is located?
Common phrases
PetroChina shares
Grammar color guide
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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.
