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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 商人

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
商人 shāng rén - merchant
- businessman

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 4,757 5,692 9,503

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
商 shāng- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- surname Shang
商 shāng- commerce
- merchant
- dealer
- to consult
- 2nd note in pentatonic scale
- quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
人 rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Other Words Containing 商人

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
商人 - 2 4,757 5,692 9,503