贸易 màoyì trade
(commercial) trade
How to remember 贸易: 贸 commerce + 易 easy = trade.
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How it is used
- Trade / commerce (between parties or nations) - 国际贸易 (guójì màoyì) international trade, 贸易战 (màoyì zhàn) trade war.
- The macro activity of exchanging goods/services, especially cross-border; 对外贸易 (duìwài màoyì) foreign trade.
- Contrast 生意 (shēngyi), a business/deal you run; 贸易 is trade as an economic category.
Example sentences
- 这两个国家有强大的贸易关系。 Zhè liǎnggè guójiā yǒu qiángdà de màoyì guānxì.The two nations have strong trade ties.