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经商 (jīng shāng) — to engage in business, to do business

Definition

经商 means to engage in business as one's occupation or activity — broader than 经营 (running a specific business) and 营业 (the daily operation of a shop being open). Use it for the general act of being in commerce.

verb
to engage in businessto do business

Examples

  • 经商。
    Tā dà xué bì yè hòu jiù kāi shǐ jīng shāng le.
    He started doing business after graduating from university.
  • ，。
    Tā jīng le shí nián shāng, jīng yàn hěn fēng fù.
    He has been in business for ten years and has a lot of experience.
  • 经商。
    jīng shāng Xū yào liǎo jiě shì chǎng hé fǎ lǜ.
    Doing business requires understanding the market and the law.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

经jīngengage in
商shāngbusiness

经 means to engage in or manage, and 商 is business, so the word names doing business.

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 經; 经 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mìsilk; thread
Sound part声符shēngfú
巠
巠jīng經jīng
Same sound today

The traditional form 經 combines 糹 (silk; thread) with 巠, which gives the sound.

Open 经 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6HSK 2.0 Level 6Business & Commerce

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