商社 (shāng shè) — business organization; trading company, commercial firm

Definition

noun
business organizationtrading companycommercial firm
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 商社。
    Zhè jiā shāng shè zài guó jì mào yì zhōng hěn yǒu míng.
    This trading company is very famous in international trade.
  • 商社，。
    Tā zài zhè jiā shāng shè gōng zuò le shí nián, xiàn zài yǐ jīng shì jīng lǐ le.
    He has worked at this trading company for ten years and is now a manager.
  • 商社。
    Wǒ men shāng shè zhǔ yào jīng yíng diàn zǐ chǎn pǐn.
    Our trading company mainly deals in electronic products.

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.

商shāngtrade
社shèorganization

商 expresses trade and 社 expresses an organization, together meaning a trading organization.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Open 社 →

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