(shāng rén) - merchant / trader in Mandarin
shāngrénTraditional: 商人
Translation
merchant / trader
Word origin
商人 (shāng rén) 'merchant' joins 商 (shāng) and 人 (rén). 商 named the Shang dynasty and came to mean trade and commerce, partly because Shang people were remembered as great traders. 人 (rén) is a pictograph of a standing person. Together the compound means a person of trade, a merchant.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 商 (shāng, trade/commerce) + 人 (rén, person)
Stroke order
商
人
Examples
。
He is a successful merchant.
。
This trader sells silk.
古。
Merchants in ancient times travelled very long roads.
商人 (shāng rén) means merchant or trader.
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