Definition
个体户 is a specific Chinese term for a self-employed business or individual entrepreneur, typically referring to small-scale private businesses that emerged after China's economic reforms in the 1980s. Unlike the broader English 'business owner', 个体户 implies a small, often family-run operation with a business license for individual industrial and commercial households (个体工商户). The term carries a distinct socio-economic context in China.
n.
self-employed business ownerindividual entrepreneursmall private enterprise
Examples
- 个体户。Hěn duō gè tǐ hù zài xiǎo chéngshì lǐ kāi cānguǎn.Many self-employed entrepreneurs run restaurants in small cities.
- ，。Tā zhùcè le yí gè gè tǐ hù, zuò fúzhuāng shēngyi.He registered a private business and does clothing trade.
- 个体户，。gè tǐ hù de jīngyíng fāngshì bǐjiào línghuó, dàn fēngxiǎn yě dà.The management style of small private businesses is quite flexible, but the risks are also high.
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