中间商

中間商
zhōngjiānshāng
noun #38,817

Meanings

  1. 1 middleman
  2. 2 intermediary; broker

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wǒmen zhíjiē cóng nóngchǎng jìnhuò, méiyǒu zhōngjiānshāng.
We buy straight from the farm, with no middlemen.
HSK 7-9
Mài èrshǒuchē de shíhou, zhōngjiānshāng wǎngwǎng huì zhuànzǒu bùshǎo chājià.
When you sell a used car, the middleman often pockets a good share of the price difference.

Tips

culture
没有 中间商 赚 差价 "no middleman making money on the difference" began as the slogan of a used-car website's TV adverts in the 2010s and became a catchphrase for buying direct, now also used jokingly about cutting out any go-between.

Stroke Order

中 zhōng
间 jiān
商 shāng