商 shāng
noun
: commerce, business, trade
: merchant; dealer
: to consult
: quotient
: 2nd note in pentatonic scale
: the Shang dynasty, 16th to 11th century BC
Kun Reading
商い | あきない akinai
noun
: trade; business; trading; dealing
商う | あきなう akinau
godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
On Reading
商 | しょう shou
noun | noun suffix
: (Mathematical term) quotient
: dealing; dealer; store
: second degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Shang (dynasty of China)
商人 shang1ren2: merchant; businessman
[あきうど akiudo: trader; shopkeeper; merchant]
商店 shang1dian4: store; shop
[しょうてん shouten: shop; small store; business; firm]
連鎖商店 [连锁商店] lian2 suo3 shang1 dian4: chain store
商業[业] shang1ye4: business; trade; commerce
[商業 | しょうぎょう shougyou: commerce; trade; business]
商品 shang1pin3: good; commodity; merchandise
[しょうひん shouhin: commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise]
商場[场] shang1chang3: shopping mall; shopping center; department store; emporium; the business world
商量 shang1liang: to consult; to talk over; to discuss
[しょうりょう shouryou: consideration; deliberation; discussion]
場[协]商 xie2shang1: to consult with; to talk things over; agreement
磋商 cuo1shang1: to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations
廠[厂]商 chang3shang1: manufacturer; producer
智商 zhi4shang1: IQ (intelligence quotient)
洽商 qia4shang1: to negotiate; to talk over
進[进]口商 jin4kou3shang1: importer
南洋商報 [南洋商报] nan2 yang2 shang1 bao4: Nanyang Siang Pau (Malaysia’s oldest newspaper)
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
商売上手 | しょうばいじょうず shoubaijouzu
: (yoji) good at business; having a good head for business; businesslike
*士農工商 | しのうこうしょう shinou koushou
: (yoji) hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
便乗商法 | びんじょうしょうほう binjoushouhou
: (yoji) piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.)
士魂商才 | しこんしょうさい shikonshousai
: (yoji) having a samurai’s spirit and a merchant’s business sense
問題商法 | もんだいしょうほう mondaishouhou
: (yoji) unscrupulous (crooked, fraudulent) business practices; pernicious sales methods
目玉商品 | めだましょうひん medamashouhin
: (yoji) bargain goods; eye-catching goods; featured product; loss leader
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
商飆徐起 [商飙徐起] shang1 biao1 xu2 qi3
: the autumn breeze comes gently
*士農工商 [士农工商] shi4 nong2 gong1 shang1
: “the four classes” of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
無奸不商 [无奸不商] wu2 jian1 bu4 shang1
: all businessmen are evil
含商咀徵 [含商咀征] han2 shang1 ju3 zheng1
: permeated with beautiful music
棄農經商 [弃农经商] qi4 nong2 jing1 shang1
: to abandon farming and become a businessman
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a wine vessel on a stand.
假借 Phonetic Loan.
Original form of 賞 (shang3: reward).
Look-alike:
啇 di4: to stalk; the stem; the foot; the base
[kun: もと moto, ねもと nemoto, やわ.らぐ yawaragu. on: テキ teki, チャク chaku, セキ seki]
Examples:
彼らは商売に抜け目がない。
かれらはしょうばいにぬけめ karera wa shoubai ni nuke meganai
They are shrewd in trade.
那商店賣的商品不錯。
na3 shang1dian4 mai4 de shang1pin3 bu4cuo4
The goods sold in that store is not bad.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
