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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 商用

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
商用 shāng yòng - (attributive) commercial

List Ranking for: 商用

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

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 24,968 9,315 16,554

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)
用 yòng- to use; to make use of; to employ
- (coverb) with; using
- to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions)
- usefulness; utility
- (bound form) expense; outlay
- (courteous) to eat; to drink
- (literary) hence; therefore

Other Words Containing 商用

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
商用 - 7 24,968 9,315 16,554