电商 (diàn shāng) — e-commerce | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

e-commerce

Examples

电商。
Xiàn zài hěn duō rén dōu zài diàn shāng shàng mǎi dōng xī.
Many people now buy things on e-commerce platforms.
电商。
Zhè jiā diàn shāng gōng sī tí gōng miǎn fèi sòng huò fú wù.
This e-commerce company offers free delivery service.
电商。
diàn shāng Ràng gòu wù biàn de gèng jiā fāng biàn.
E-commerce makes shopping more convenient.

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.

电diànelectronic

商shāngcommerce

电 indicates electronic or online and 商 indicates commerce, together naming e-commerce.

Characters in this word

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 電; 电 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

雨雨yǔrain

Sound part声符shēngfú

申

申shēn電diàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

For the traditional form 電, 雨 (rain) sits with 申, read shēn and meaning lightning.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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HSK 3.0 Level 5 Business & Commerce Computers & Internet

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