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HSK
to consult with / to talk things over / agreement
HSK 6
manufacturer / producer
HSK 6
industry and commerce
HSK 6
to consult / to discuss seriously / to negotiate / to confer / negotiations / consultations
HSK 7-9
IQ (intelligence quotient)
HSK 7-9
developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
HSK 7-9
to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *商* | 商* | *商
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *商* | 商* | *商
commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商, intelligence quotient)
dealer / seller / distributor / broker / agency / franchise (i.e. company) / retail outlet
to seek investment or funding / investment promotion
profiteer; crooked merchant
Taiwanese businessman / Taiwanese company
final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
securities dealer / share broker
foreign businessman / foreign enterprise; foreign company
to jointly discuss / to discuss together (business)
to confer / to consult / to negotiate / to hold a conference
emotional intelligence; emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) (abbr. for 情緒商數|情绪商数) / (Tw) to ask a special favor of (sb)
rich merchant
to negotiate / to talk over
druggist
tradesman / shopkeeper
to discuss (a plan); to negotiate (an outcome)
e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务) / (old) to negotiate by telegram or telephone
to negotiate in secret / confidential discussions
(of nations) to have trade relations; to engage in trade
supplier
exporter / export business
residential and commercial
(Tw) consultation (on policy, trade etc) / (psychological) counseling
(Internet) service provider
stallkeeper / street peddler
sponsor
supplier / vendor
importer / import business
(psychology) adversity quotient (abbr. for 逆境商數|逆境商数)
agent
advertising company
publisher; distributor; issuer
(HK) (real estate etc) developer
maker / manufacturer
florist
underwriting company / dealership / sales agency
publisher
auctioneer / auction house
dealer
distribution business / supplier
(Tw) contractor
convenience store; mini-mart
retailer / shopkeeper / retail merchant
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海
stationer
all businessmen are evil (idiom)
builder / contractor
lead underwriter
distributor
(slang) business competitor; industry peer
(math.) difference quotient / (math.) divided difference / (math.) finite difference
derivative (math.) / business on WeChat 微信 leveraging one's social network / person who operates such a business
emotional intelligence (EQ)
provider (company)
"legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct
distributor / wholesaler / middleman
middleman / broker
market maker
(Tw) peer counseling
one's ability to give a convincing performance of a song
Internet service provider (ISP)
(idiom) "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
construction company / housebuilder
a wholesale business / distributor
contractor
buyer
to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
movie production company / film distributor
fellmonger / a dealer who works with animal hides and skins
meat merchant / butcher
traveling salesman / itinerant trader / hawker / peddler
manufacturing company
plea bargain
share dealer / broker
operator (of a power station, transport network etc) / carrier (telecommunications etc)
grocer


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