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商 (shāng) — commerce; trade; business (bound form in 商业, 商人); to discuss; to consult (bound form in 商量, 商议); quotient (bound form in 智商, 情商)

Definition

商 (shāng) appears only inside compounds: 商业/商人 ('commerce, merchant') and 商量/商议 ('to discuss'); 智商 uses it for 'quotient'. It is never used alone as a free word.

bound form
commercetradebusiness (bound form in 商业, 商人)to discussto consult (bound form in 商量, 商议)quotient (bound form in 智商, 情商)

Examples

  • 。
    Wǒ men xū yào shāng liáng yí xià zhè ge fāng àn.
    We need to discuss this plan.
  • 。
    Tā zài shāng yè fāng miàn hěn yǒu jīng yàn.
    He is very experienced in business.
  • 。
    Tā de zhì shāng hěn gāo.
    Her IQ is very high.
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