商品 shāngpǐn commodity
commodity; goods; merchandise
How to remember 商品: 商 trade + 品 article = commodity.
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How it is used
- The formal/commercial word for goods or merchandise for sale, used in retail, advertising, and economics: 打折商品 (dǎzhé shāngpǐn) discounted goods.
- Compare 东西 dōngxi, the everyday casual word for "things/stuff" people buy or own.
- 商品 emphasizes the item's status as a tradeable good, not just any object.
Example sentences
- 他们出售各种商品。 Tāmen chūshòu gè zhǒng shāngpǐn.They sell all kinds of goods.