Pty is not a word you drop into a sentence. It is letters written after a company name in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Pty pty is not不是 a word you drop into a sentence一個你會直接放進句子裡講的字。It它 is是 letters written after a company name寫在公司名稱後面的幾個字母 in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa在澳洲、紐西蘭，和南非。

They stand for proprietary, and in this use that means a private company: the shares are not sold to anyone on the open market the way a big listed company’s shares are.

They它們 stand for代表 proprietary proprietary這個字, and in this use that means在這裡的意思是 a private company私人公司: the shares are not sold to anyone on the open market股份不會賣給公開市場上的任何人 the way a big listed company's shares are像大型上市公司的股份那樣。

You almost always see it locked to Ltd — Chen & Co Pty Ltd — on vans, invoices, shop windows, and letterheads. That is their way of marking what British English marks with Ltd and what people in Taiwan mark with 有限公司. You read it as the letters P-T-Y, or you just say the company name and skip the tail.

You你 almost always see it locked to Ltd幾乎都會看到它跟Ltd綁在一起 — Chen & Co Pty Ltd — Chen & Co Pty Ltd — on vans, invoices, shop windows, and letterheads出現在貨車、發票、店面招牌，和信頭上。That這 is their way of marking是他們標示的方式 what British English marks with Ltd就相當於英式英文用Ltd標示的 and what people in Taiwan mark with 有限公司和台灣人用有限公司標示的那個東西。You你 read it as the letters P-T-Y可以把它唸成P-T-Y這幾個字母, or you just say the company name and skip the tail或是直接說公司名稱，把後面那截省略掉。

Though actually, Americans do not use Pty at all; they write Inc or LLC for a similar job. It is paperwork English, not spoken English, and it tells you where the company is from as much as what kind it is.

Though actually不過其實, Americans do not use Pty at all美國人完全不用Pty; they write Inc or LLC for a similar job他們會寫Inc或LLC來做類似的事。It它 is paperwork English, not spoken English是文書上的英文，不是口說的英文, and it tells you where the company is from as much as what kind it is它告訴你的，不只是公司的種類，還有公司是從哪裡來的。