生意人 (shēng yì rén) — businessperson, merchant

Definition

noun
businesspersonmerchant
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 生意人。
    Tā shì yí gè chéng gōng de shēng yì rén.
    He is a successful businessman.
  • 生意人。
    Hěn duō shēng yì rén měi tiān dōu yào gēn kè hù dǎ jiāo dào.
    Many businesspeople have to deal with clients every day.
  • ，生意人。
    Zài shì chǎng shàng, shēng yì rén bì xū dǒng de zhuā zhù jī huì.
    In the market, businesspeople must know how to seize opportunities.

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.

生意business
生shēnglife意yìmeaning
联合Side by side
人rénperson

The fixed word 生意 means business, and 人 means person, so the whole names someone who does business.

Characters in this word

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 意 →

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →
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