shāng yè
commerce; trade; business
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我想开一家商业公司。
wǒ xiǎng kāi yī jiā shāngyè gōngsī.
I want to open a business company.
商业竞争很激烈。
shāngyè jìngzhēng hěn jīliè.
Business competition is very fierce.
商业道德很重要。
shāngyè dàodé hěn zhòngyào.
Business ethics are very important.
商务 (shāng wù)
commerce
买卖 (mǎi mài)
trade
非商业 (fēi shāng yè)
non-commercial
非盈利 (fēi yíng lǐ)
non-profit
The Chinese word 商业 (shāngyè) for "commerce" or "business" is composed of two characters: 商 (shāng) and 业 (yè). The character 商 originally meant "to barter" or "to trade", and is composed of the radical 卜 (bǔ), which represents divination, and the phonetic component 匚 (fāng), which represents a square container. The character 业 originally meant "occupation" or "profession", and is composed of the radical 禾 (hé), which represents grain, and the phonetic component 頁 (yè), which represents a leaf. Together, the two characters 商业 form the compound word for "commerce" or "business", referring to the activities of buying and selling goods and services for profit.
