商业性 (shāng yè xìng) — commercial nature, commercial character, commercialism

Definition

Noun for the 'commercial nature' or 'commercial character' of something — how much it is driven by profit or market concerns rather than by art, science, or social goals.

noun
commercial naturecommercial charactercommercialism

Examples

  • 商业性，。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng de shāng yè xìng tài qiáng le, quē shǎo yì shù jià zhí.
    This movie is too commercial and lacks artistic value.
  • 商业性，。
    Gōng sī de fā zhǎn bù néng zhī kàn shāng yè xìng, hái yào kǎo lǜ shè huì zé rèn.
    A company's development should not only consider commercial nature but also social responsibility.
  • 商业性。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù de shāng yè xìng jué dìng le tā néng fǒu xī yǐn tóu zī.
    The commercial nature of this project determines whether it can attract investment.

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commerce
商shāngbusiness业yètrade
联合Side by side
性xìngnature

商业性 combines 商业 (commerce) with 性 (nature) to mean a commercial character.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
生
生shēng性xìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

性 is built from 忄 (the heart) and 生 (a sound clue). The heart part connects the word to a person's inner nature or quality.

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