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    Expressing 'small and medium-sized' with 中小型 (zhōngxiǎoxíng)

    Description & Modification
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    Structure

    中小型 + Noun

    Explanation

    中小型 (zhōngxiǎoxíng) means "small and medium-sized." It is a compound modifier used to describe businesses, enterprises, or organizations that are neither large nor tiny. It is very common in economic and business contexts.

    Examples

    • 政府出台了很多政策来支持中小型企业的发展。

      zhèngfǔ chūtái le hěn duō zhèngcè lái zhīchí zhōngxiǎoxíng qǐyè de fāzhǎn.

      The government has introduced many policies to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

    • 这个工业园区主要吸引中小型公司入驻。

      zhège gōngyè yuánqū zhǔyào xīyǐn zhōng xiǎo xíng gōngsī rùzhù.

      This industrial park mainly attracts small and medium-sized companies to set up operations.

    • 中小型餐厅在疫情期间受到的影响最大。

      zhōng xiǎo xíng cāntīng zài yìqíng qījiān shòudào de yǐngxiǎng zuì dà.

      Small and medium-sized restaurants were hit the hardest during the pandemic.

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