MERCHANT  商人商/賈

ADULT whose WORK is to BUY AND SELL THINGS so as to PRODUCE a SALARY:income.
TRADERDEALERWHOLESALERBROKERAGENTSELLERBUYERBUYER AND SELLERVENDORDISTRIBUTORPEDDLERRETAILERSHOPKEEPERSTOREKEEPER
Hypernym
  • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
See also
  • SHOPBUILDING IN which one SELLS.
    Hyponym
    • BUTCHER　MERCHANT KILLING ANIMALS SELLING their MEAT.
      • ENTREPRENEUR　IMPORTANT MERCHANT who EMPLOYS MANY OTHERS IN FACTORIES to PRODUCE BIG QUANTITIES of what s/he SELLS.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The general term for an itinerant trader is shāng 商; the general term for a sedatory trader or merchant is gǔ 賈.

        2. Fàn 販 refers to a small scale merchant, typically of the intinerant sort.

        黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
        HUANG JINGUI 2006

        TRADE 5.

        商，往來販運促進各地商品流通的商人；也作商人的通稱。

        賈，在固定市肆做買賣的大商人；也作商人的通稱，中古前主要的通稱是 “ 賈 ” ，以後是 “ 商 ” 。

        販，低價買進轉手高價賣出的小商人。

        商旅，出行在外的商人。

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        商人

        商販

        買賣人

        商賈

        賈人

        賈

        商

        市儈

        市賈

        經紀

        商旅

        行商

        行販

        單幫

        貨郎

        打鼓的

        打小鼓的

        小販

        挑販

        攤販

        販子

        販夫

        負販

        販客

        裨販

        販夫走卒

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 11.84

        • China Handbuch ( FRANKE 1974) p. 610

        • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 83

        • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

          MERCATOR

          MERCENARIUS

        • 論衡同義詞研究 ( LUNHENG TONGYI 2004) p. 38

        • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 145

        • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1328

        • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 331

        • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 32

        • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 116B

        Words

        商賈  shāng gǔ OC: qhjaŋ kaaʔ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ kuo̝ 34 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPacttrade, trading
        • NPadNengaged in all kinds of trading activities
        • NPdefinitemerchant
        • NPnonreferentialmerchantLZ
        • NPpluralmerchants of all kinds 百工商賈
        • VPadNengaging in trade
        • VPiactengage in trading
        賈  gǔ OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo̝ 18 AttributionsWD

        The general term for an itinerant trader is shāng 商; the general term for a sedatory trader or merchant is gǔ 賈.

          Word relations
        • Epithet: 善/EXCELLENT Shàn 善 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept"), when the word does not mean moral goodness, but is close in meaning to liáng 良, refers to an acquired specific skill or propensity for certain forms of action.
        • Assoc: 商/MERCHANT The general term for an itinerant trader is shāng 商; the general term for a sedatory trader or merchant is gǔ 賈.

          Syntactic words
        • nmerchant; merchant customer
        • nadVanalogylike a merchant
        • v[adN](sedentory) merchant; merchant [Perhaps this should be taken as a primary noun? 待考]
        • vibe mercantile
        商  shāng OC: qhjaŋ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ 10 AttributionsWD

        The general term for an itinerant trader is shāng 商; the general term for a sedatory trader or merchant is gǔ 賈.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 賈/MERCHANT The general term for an itinerant trader is shāng 商; the general term for a sedatory trader or merchant is gǔ 賈.

          Syntactic words
        • n[adN]N=hum(itinerant) trader; generally: person engaged in trading
        • viactact as a merchant is expected to
        商人  shāng rén OC: qhjaŋ njin MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ ȵin 10 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPdefinitemerchant
        • NPindefinitea merchant
        • NPnonreferentialitinerant merchant
        賈人  gǔ rén OC: kaaʔ njin MC: kuo̝ ȵin 6 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NP{vadN}agentmerchant
        沽客子  gǔ kè zǐ OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ sklɯʔ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk tsɨ 5 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPmerchant
        估客  gǔ kè OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk 4 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPpeddler
        沽客  gǔ kè OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk 4 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPmerchant
        賈客  gǔ kè OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk 4 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPitinerant merchant
        駔  zǎng OC: skaaŋʔ MC: tsɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • nhorse-trader
        商主  shāng zhǔ OC: qhjaŋ tjoʔ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ tɕi̯o 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPmerchant
        𧶜旅  shāng lǚ MC: syang -- OC: -- raʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPtravelling merchantLZ
        販  fàn OC: pans MC: pi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD

        Fàn 販 refers to a small scale merchant, typically of the intinerant sort.

          Syntactic words
        • nSHUOWEN: hawker, a small-scale (street) trader, later usually called fàn fū 販夫
        商客  shāng kè OC: qhjaŋ khraaɡ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ khɣɛk 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPmerchant

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