生产力

生產力

shēngchǎnlì

noun #38,524

Meanings

1 productive forces
2 productivity
3 production capacity

Characters

to produce; output

Examples

HSK 5

新机器大大提高了工厂的生产力。

Xīn jīqi dàdà tígāo le gōngchǎng de shēngchǎnlì.

The new machines greatly raised the factory's productivity.

HSK 6

改革开放的目的是解放和发展生产力。

Gǎigé kāifàng de mùdì shì jiěfàng hé fāzhǎn shēngchǎnlì.

The aim of reform and opening up was to free and develop the productive forces.

Tips

culture

生产力 is a term from Marxist economics: the 'productive forces' of a society, meaning its workers, tools and technology. Party slogans keep building on it, most recently 新质生产力 'new quality productive forces'. In ordinary speech it simply means productivity.

Stroke Order

生 shēng

产 chǎn

力 lì