富商 (fù shāng) — rich merchant, wealthy businessman

Definition

noun
rich merchantwealthy businessman
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 富商。
    Nà wèi fù shāng juān le hěn duō qián gěi xué xiào.
    That wealthy merchant donated a lot of money to the school.
  • 富商。
    Zhè wèi fù shāng zài chéng lǐ kāi le jǐ jiā dà gōng sī.
    This rich merchant has opened several big companies in the city.
  • 富商,。
    Tā chū shēn yú yí gè fù shāng jiā tíng, dàn cóng bú xuàn yào.
    He comes from a wealthy merchant family, but never shows off.

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.

富fùrich
商shāngmerchant

富 describes wealth, while 商 names the merchant who has it.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
畐
畐fú富fù
Same sound today

富 pairs 宀, a roof-shaped part, with 畐, which gives the sound fú.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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