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商

shāng

HSK 1 Character

What 商 means

1. commerce
2. merchant
3. dealer
4. to consult
5. 2nd note in pentatonic scale
6. quotient (as in {智商|zhì shāng}, intelligence quotient)

Other readings

商 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ShāngShang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang

Example sentences

• 在商言商。
  Business is business.
• 我去商店。
  I am going to the shop.
• 我想去商场。
  Wǒ xiǎng qù shāngchǎng.
  I'd like to go to the mall.
• 他旅行洽商。
  He traveled on business.
• 他去了商店。
  He went to the store.
• 我想去商店。
  I want to go to the store.

Words starting with 商

• 商店shāng diànstore; shop
• 商量shāng liangto consult; to talk over; to discuss
• 商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise
• 商业shāng yèbusiness; trade; commerce
• 商标shāng biāotrademark; logo
• 商务shāng wùcommercial affairs; commercial; commerce
• 商场shāng chǎngshopping mall; shopping center; department store
• 商人shāng rénmerchant; businessman
• 商家shāng jiāmerchant; business; enterprise
• 商机shāng jībusiness opportunity; commercial opportunity
• 商贸shāng màotrade and commerce
• 商议shāng yìto negotiate; discussion; proposal
• 商报shāng bàobusiness newspaper
• 商城shāng chéngshopping center; department store
• 商业银行shāng yè yín hángcommercial bank
• 商学院shāng xué yuànbusiness school; university of business studies
• 商铺shāng pùshop; store
• 商界shāng jièbusiness world; business community
• 商务印书馆Shāng wù Yìn shū guǎnThe Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)
• 商业化shāng yè huàto commercialize
• 商讨shāng tǎoto discuss; to deliberate
• 商定shāng dìngto agree; to decide after consultation; to come to a compromise
• 商贩shāng fàntrader; peddler
• 商户shāng hùmerchant; trader; businessman; firm

Words containing 商

• 协商xié shāngto consult with; to talk things over; agreement
• 智商zhì shāngIQ (intelligence quotient)
• 经商jīng shāngto trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business
• 磋商cuō shāngto consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate
• 厂商chǎng shāngmanufacturer; producer
• 开发商kāi fā shāngdeveloper (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
• 工商gōng shāngindustry and commerce
• 经销商jīng xiāo shāngdealer; seller; distributor
• 外商wài shāngforeign businessman; foreign enterprise; foreign company
• 招商zhāo shāngto seek investment or funding; investment promotion
• 供应商gōng yìng shāngsupplier
• 代理商dài lǐ shāngagent
• 台商tái shāngTaiwanese businessperson or company (esp. one operating overseas, often in mainland China)
• 制造商zhì zào shāngmanufacturing company
• 招商引资zhāo shāng yǐn zīinvestment promotion
• 富商fù shāngrich merchant
• 赞助商zàn zhù shāngsponsor
• 零售商líng shòu shāngretailer; shopkeeper; retail merchant
• 出版商chū bǎn shāngpublisher
• 发展商fā zhǎn shāng(Hong Kong) (real estate etc) developer
• 券商quàn shāngsecurities dealer; share broker
• 奸商jiān shāngprofiteer; crooked merchant
• 工商业gōng shāng yèindustry and commerce
• 工商银行Gōng Shāng Yín hángIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China

Characters that look like 商

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 菊jú(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 窜cuànto flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish
• 窘jiǒngdistressed; embarrassed
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard

Sounds the same

Read shāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 伤to injure; injury; wound
• 殇to die in childhood; war dead
• 汤rushing current
• 觞feast; goblet
• 熵entropy (character created in 1923)
• 墒plowed earth; soil moisture; furrow
• 謪to discuss (old variant of 商
• 漡old variant of 汤