商人 shāngrén merchant
merchant; businessman
How to remember 商人: 商 trade + 人 person = merchant.
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How it is used
- A merchant / businessperson - 精明的商人 (jīngmíng de shāngrén) a shrewd businessman.
- General term for someone who does trade for profit. Contrast 商家 (shāngjiā, a business/vendor as an entity) and 生意人 (shēngyìrén, a more colloquial 'businessperson').
- Neutral, though it can carry a faint 'profit-minded' flavor.
Example sentences
- 我不相信商人。 Wǒ bù xiāngxìn shāngrén.I don't trust businessmen.