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生产商 (shēng chǎn shāng) — manufacturer; producer

Definition

noun
manufacturerproducer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 生产商。
    Zhè jiā shēng chǎn shāng zhǔ yào shēng chǎn qì chē líng jiàn.
    This manufacturer mainly produces auto parts.
  • 生产商。
    Wǒ men xū yào lián xì chǎn pǐn shēng chǎn shāng jiě jué zhì liàng wèn tí.
    We need to contact the product manufacturer to solve quality issues.
  • 生产商。
    Zhè xiē shēng chǎn shāng bì xū zūn shǒu guó jì ān quán biāo zhǔn.
    These manufacturers must comply with international safety standards.

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.

生产produce
生shēngproduce产chǎnproduce
联合Coordinate
商shāngbusiness

生产 (produce) + 商 (business) names a company that produces goods.

Characters in this word

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

Open 生 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →
Appears in
Business & CommerceIndustry & Manufacturing

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