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商

shāng
noun #3,032

Meanings

  1. 1 commerce; business; trade
  2. 2 merchant; trader
  3. 3 to discuss; to consult

Examples

他是一个商人。
Tā shì yī gè shāngrén.
He is a businessman.
我们商量一下吧。
Wǒmen shāngliang yīxià ba.
Let's discuss it.
商场里人很多。
Shāngchǎng lǐ rén hěn duō.
There are many people in the mall.

Tips

usage
商 is used in: 商店 (shop), 商场 (shopping mall), 商人 (businessman), 商量 (to discuss), 商品 (commodity), 商务 (business affairs), 电商 (e-commerce).
culture
商 was originally the name of the Shang Dynasty (商朝, c. 1600-1046 BC). After the dynasty fell, Shang people became traders, and 商 came to mean 'commerce' — one of the earliest recorded examples of a proper noun becoming a common word.

Stroke Order

商 shāng