酒商 (jiǔ shāng) — wine merchant; liquor dealer | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wine merchantliquor dealer

Examples

酒商。
Tā shì yí wèi jiǔ shāng.
He is a wine merchant.
酒商。
Zhè jiā gōng sī shì fǎ guó zuì dà de jiǔ shāng zhī yī.
This company is one of the largest wine merchants in France.
酒商。
Wǒ men xiàng nà jiā jiǔ shāng dìng gòu le shí xiāng hóng jiǔ.
We ordered ten cases of red wine from that wine merchant.

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shāngmerchant

“酒” means wine and “商” means merchant, together naming a merchant dealing in wine.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

酉

酉yǒu酒jiǔ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

酒 pairs 酉, the original picture for this word, with 水 (water), added later to distinguish it.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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