從商

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	commerce; consult
trad. (從商)		從	商
simp. (从商)		从	商

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóngshāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ soeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóngshāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóngshang
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-shang¹
    • Yale: tsúng-shāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshang
    • Palladius: цуншан (cunšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ soeng¹
    • Yale: chùhng sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

從商

1. to partake in business; to do business as a profession

Synonyms

• 交易 (jiāoyì)
• 做生意 (zuò shēngyi)
• 做生理 (Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka)
• 做買賣／做买卖 (zuò mǎimài)
• 吃生意飯／吃生意饭 (⁷chiq ¹san-i-ve) (Wu)
• 吃生意飯／吃生意饭 (⁷chiq ¹san-i-ve) (Shanghainese)
• 商販／商贩 (shāngfàn) (Classical Chinese)
• 營商／营商 (yíngshāng)
• 經商／经商 (jīngshāng)
• 行商 (xíngshāng)