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商业化 (shāng yè huà) — commercialization; the process of making something commercial or profit-oriented

Definition

Refers to turning something (culture, art, a place) into a profit-driven business. The -化 suffix marks it as a process or ongoing trend, not a single event.

noun
commercializationthe process of making something commercial or profit-oriented

Examples

  • 商业化。
    Chéng shì de guò dù shāng yè huà ràng hěn duō chuán tǒng wén huà xiāo shī le.
    The over-commercialization of cities has caused many traditional cultures to disappear.
  • ，商业化。
    Zhè ge yì shù jié nǔ lì bǎo chí dú lì xìng, jù jué shāng yè huà.
    This art festival strives to maintain independence and rejects commercialization.
  • ，商业化。
    Suí zhe lǚ yóu yè de fā zhǎn, zhè ge xiǎo zhèn yuè lái yuè shāng yè huà le.
    With the development of tourism, this small town has become increasingly commercialized.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

商业trade and business
商shāngtrade业yèbusiness
联合Coordinate
化huàprocess

商业 means trade and business, and 化 expresses the process of making something commercial.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

Open 化 →
Appears in
Business & Commerce

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