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房地产商 (fáng dì chǎn shāng) — real estate developer (person or company)

Definition

noun
real estate developer (person or company)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 房地产商。
    Zhè jiā fáng dì chǎn shāng kāi fā le hěn duō xīn lóu pán.
    This real estate developer has developed many new housing projects.
  • 房地产商。
    Tā shì yì jiā dà xíng fáng dì chǎn shāng de lǎo bǎn.
    He is the boss of a large real estate company.
  • 房地产商。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài jiā qiáng duì fáng dì chǎn shāng de jiān guǎn.
    The government is strengthening supervision of real estate developers.

Origin

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
戶戶hùdoor
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng房fáng
Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

Open 房 →

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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

Open 地 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
生生shēngto be born
Sound part声符shēngfú
彥
彥yàn產chǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Open 产 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →
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