商业 shāngyè business
business; trade; commerce
How to remember 商业: 商 trade + 业 industry = business.
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How it is used
- Business / commerce (as a sphere) - 商业活动 (shāngyè huódòng) commercial activity; 商业街 (shāngyèjiē) shopping street.
- The broad domain of trade; also 'commercial' as a modifier with a whiff of profit-driven: 太商业化 (tài shāngyèhuà) too commercialized.
- Contrast 生意 (shēngyi), the concrete 'a business/trade' you run day to day.
Example sentences
- 这是一个商业网站。 Zhè shì yí gè shāngyè wǎngzhàn.This is a commercial website.