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开发商 (kāi fā shāng) — developer (of real estate, commercial products, etc.)

Definition

A commercial developer — the company or party that develops and builds a product, most commonly a real-estate (housing) developer. Pairs with 房地产 in property contexts and 软件 in tech contexts.

noun
developer (of real estate, commercial products, etc.)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 开发商。
    Zhè jiā kāi fā shāng zhèng zài jiàn zào yí gè xīn xiǎo qū.
    This developer is building a new residential complex.
  • 开发商。
    Nà jiā ruǎn jiàn kāi fā shāng tuī chū le zuì xīn bǎn běn.
    That software developer has launched the latest version.
  • 开发商。
    Zhèng fǔ yāo qiú kāi fā shāng bì xū bǎo zhèng fáng wū zhì liàng.
    The government requires developers to guarantee housing quality.

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.

开发develop
开kāiopen发fādevelop
联合Coordinate
商shāngmerchant

开发 means to develop, and 商 is a business person, so it means developer.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 开 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

Open 发 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →
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