商贾 shānggǔ merchant
How to remember 商贾: 商 trade + 贾 merchant = merchant.
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How it is used
- Merchants (as a class) - a literary/archaic word: 富商巨贾 (fùshāng-jùgǔ) wealthy big merchants.
- Note the reading gǔ (not jiǎ) in this compound. Bookish; you'll meet it in historical or formal writing, not speech.