商界 (shāng jiè) — business circles; the business world

Definition

noun
business circlesthe business world

Examples

  • 商界,。
    Tā zài shāng jiè dǎ pīn le èr shí nián, jīng yàn fēi cháng fēng fù.
    He has been striving in the business world for twenty years and has a wealth of experience.
  • 商界。
    Zhè cì fēng huì jù jí le quán qiú shāng jiè de jīng yīng.
    This summit gathered elites from global business circles.
  • 商界。
    shāng jiè De biàn huà cháng cháng yǐng xiǎng zhěng gè jīng jì.
    Changes in the business world often affect the entire economy.

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.

商shāngbusiness
界jiècircle

The 商 sense 'business' and 界 'circle' combine to mean business circles.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè界jiè
Same sound today

界 is built from 田 (field) and 介. 田 carries the meaning, while 介 gives the sound.

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