开业

• 拼音: kāi yè
• 汉字拆解: 开 = simplified from 開, meaning to open; 业 = simplified from 業, originally a rack for instruments, extended to mean profession or business

含义

To open for business; grand opening. When a shop, restaurant, or company begins operating.

Refers specifically to the first day a business opens its doors to customers, or the event celebrating this occasion. Also used for when a business reopens after renovation or holiday closure. Related: 营业 (to do business), 停业 (to cease business).

例句

1. 这家新餐厅下个月开业。
2. 开业那天来了很多客人。
3. 商店装修好了，准备开业了。

用法指南

语境: business, commercial, everyday

语气: celebratory

正确说法

• 恭喜你的店开业！(Congratulations on your shop's grand opening!)
• 新开业的商场人特别多。(The newly opened mall is packed with people.)

错误说法

• 学校明天开业。(Don't use 开业 for schools — it's for commercial businesses. Say 学校明天开学 for a school starting its term.)

起源与历史

Compound of 开 (to open, to start) and 业 (business, profession). Literally 'to open one's business' — the commencement of commercial operations.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal