石油化工

shíyóu huàgōng

noun

Meanings

1 petrochemicals
2 petrochemical industry

Characters

change; (here) chemistry

Examples

HSK 5

他在一家石油化工公司当工程师。

Tā zài yìjiā shíyóu huàgōng gōngsī dāng gōngchéngshī.

He works as an engineer at a petrochemical company.

HSK 7-9

石油化工是国家的支柱产业之一。

Shíyóu huàgōng shì guójiā de zhīzhù chǎnyè zhīyī.

The petrochemical industry is one of the country's pillar industries.

Tips

usage

化工 is the standard short form of 化学工业 (chemical industry). So 石油化工 = petroleum (石油) + chemical industry (化工) = petrochemicals. You will see it most in the name 中石化 (Sinopec, 中国石油化工集团).

Stroke Order

石 shí

油 yóu

化 huà

工 gōng