生意人 (shēng yì rén) — businessperson, merchant | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

businesspersonmerchant

Measure word · 个

Examples

生意人。
Tā shì yí gè chéng gōng de shēng yì rén.
He is a successful businessman.
生意人。
Hěn duō shēng yì rén měi tiān dōu yào gēn kè hù dǎ jiāo dào.
Many businesspeople have to deal with clients every day.
，生意人。
Zài shì chǎng shàng, shēng yì rén bì xū dǒng de zhuā zhù jī huì.
In the market, businesspeople must know how to seize opportunities.

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.

生意business

生shēnglife意yìmeaning

联合Coordinate

The fixed word 生意 means business, and 人 means person, so the whole names someone who does business.

Characters in this word

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

屮屮chèbud
一一yīground

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

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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