中间商 (zhōng jiān shāng) — middleman, broker | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

middlemanbroker

Examples

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Zhè zhǒng chǎn pǐn cóng gōng chǎng dào xiāo fèi zhě shǒu lǐ yào jīng guò hǎo jǐ gè zhōng jiān shāng.
This product passes through several middlemen on its way from the factory to the consumer.
中间商。
zhōng jiān shāng Zài jiāo yì zhōng zhuàn qǔ chā jià.
Middlemen earn the price difference in transactions.
中间商。
Gōng sī jué dìng rào guò zhōng jiān shāng zhí jiē yǔ chǎng jiā hé zuò.
The company decided to bypass middlemen and cooperate directly with manufacturers.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

中间middle

中zhōngmiddle间jiānbetween

联合Side by side

商shāngmerchant

中间 (“middle”) + 商 (“merchant”) is a merchant standing between parties.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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