商 (soeng1 | shang1) : commerce; business; trade

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商

soeng1

shang1

[1] commerce; business; trade [2] [n] merchant; trader; business man [3] [v] discuss; exchange views; confer

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

商

Don't confuse with:
裔

This word has been viewed 16435 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 03:27

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商戶 soeng1 wu6 shang1 hu4 = merchant ; trader; businessman; firm

商量 soeng1 loeng4 shang1 liang5 = consult; discuss

外商 ngoi6 soeng1 wai4 shang1 = foreign businessman

商舖 soeng1 pou3 = shop

商業 soeng1 jip6 shang1 ye4 = business; commerce

商務 soeng1 mou6 shang1 wu4 = business/commercial affairs

中央商務區 zung1 joeng1 soeng1 mou6 keoi1 zhong1 yang1 shang1 wu4 qu1 = Central Business District, CBD

商品 soeng1 ban2 shang1 pin3 = merchandise

商人 soeng1 jan4 shang1 ren2 = a businessperson; a merchant

商場 soeng1 coeng4 shang1 chang3 = market; marketplace; bazaar; shopping mall
See all 130 compounds (CantoDict reports 145 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 商

一站式商店
one-stop shop

佢撻住對波鞋行商場。粵
He shuffled around the mall with the backs of his sneakers trodden down.

打探商業情報﹐先至係佢參加旅行團嘅真正目的。粵
Spying out business secrets is the true purpose of his joining the tour.
[先至係 (to be really) is always used for emphasis.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 商
Unicode code for this character: U+5546 (off-site link)

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