Chinese

商人

/ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ɻən³⁵/
merchant; businessperson
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 4

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Origin

;person of the Shang dynasty

;merchant, trader

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Lineage

  • characterChinese商 “to calculate; to estimate; to reckon”
  • characterChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 隻/只 h)”

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