商人

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Chinese

[edit]
commerce; consult man; person; people
trad. (商人)
simp. #(商人)

Etymology

[edit]
person of the Shang dynasty
Attested earliest in Book of Documents:
merchant, trader
From Zuozhuan ("Xi 33" [1] & "Zhao 16" [2])

Pronunciation

[edit]


Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (38)
Final () (105) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter syang nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨɐŋ/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiɐŋ/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiɑŋ/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕɨaŋ/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong
/ɕiaŋ/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭaŋ/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯aŋ/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shāng rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
soeng1 jan4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shāng shāng shāng rén
Middle
Chinese
‹ syang › ‹ syang › ‹ syang › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-taŋ/ /*s-taŋ/ /*s-taŋ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
English musical note (place name) estimate; business; trader (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11097 10800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljaŋ/ /*njin/

Noun

[edit]

商人

  1. merchant; businessperson
    印度商人  ―  Yìndù shāngrén  ―  Indian merchants
  2. person of the Shang dynasty

Synonyms

[edit]
  • (merchant):
edit

Descendants

[edit]
Sino-Xenic (商人):

Japanese

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]
Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 3
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 商人 (MC syang nyin).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

(しょう)(にん) (shōninしやうにん (syaunin)?

  1. trader, shopkeeper, merchant

Etymology 2

[edit]
Kanji in this term
あき
Grade: 3
びと > んど
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Shift from あきびと (akibito).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

(あき)(んど) (akindo

  1. trader, tradesperson, merchant

Etymology 3

[edit]
Kanji in this term
あきゅうど
Grade: 3 Grade: 1
irregular

Shift from あきびと (akibito).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

商人(あきゅうど) (akyūdoあきうど (akiudo)?

  1. trader, tradesperson, merchant

Etymology 4

[edit]
Kanji in this term
あき
Grade: 3
びと
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Superficially あき (aki, trade) +‎ ひと (hito, person). Possibly Old Japanese.

Aki can also be found as the root of あきなう (akinau, to trade).

Noun

[edit]

(あき)(びと) (akibito

  1. trader, tradesperson, merchant

Korean

[edit]
Hanja in this term

Noun

[edit]

商人 (sang'in) (hangeul 상인)

  1. hanja form? of 상인 (trader, merchant)

Vietnamese

[edit]
chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

[edit]

商人

  1. chữ Hán form of thương nhân (businessman; merchant; trader).