商 shāng in a sentence
Commerce (business - consult - discuss - quotient - Shang dynasty)
商 (shāng) means Commerce (business - consult - discuss - quotient - Shang dynasty). Below are 24 of the 53 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
商 店里人很少。
Shāngdiàn li rén hěn shǎo.
There are few people in the store.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 少
咱们下午再 商 量。
Zánmen xiàwǔ zài shāngliang.
Let us talk it over again this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 咱们
商 店就在学校旁边。
Shāngdiàn jiù zài xuéxiào pángbiān.
The shop is right next to the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 旁边
商 店在学校的右边。
Shāngdiàn zài xuéxiào de yòubian.
The shop is on the right side of the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 右边
商 店周末常常打折。
Shāngdiàn zhōumò chángcháng dǎzhé.
The shop often has discounts at the weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打折
她在 商 店当售货员。
Tā zài shāngdiàn dāng shòuhuòyuán.
She works as a shop assistant.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 售货员
商 店晚上十点关闭。
Shāngdiàn wǎnshang shí diǎn guānbì.
The shop closes at ten in the evening.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 关闭
他父亲一直在经 商 。
Tā fùqīn yìzhí zài jīng shāng.
His father has always been in business.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 经商
毕业后他打算经 商 。
Bìyè hòu tā dǎsuàn jīng shāng.
After graduating he plans to go into business.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 经商
这是一次 商 务活动。
Zhè shì yí cì shāngwù huódòng.
This is a business event.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 商务
这条街是 商 业中心。
Zhè tiáo jiē shì shāngyè zhōngxīn.
This street is the commercial centre.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 商业
他学的是 商 业管理。
Tā xué de shì shāngyè guǎnlǐ.
He studies business management.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 商业
这些 商 品一律五折。
Zhèxiē shāngpǐn yílǜ wǔ zhé.
All these goods are half price.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一律
宾馆旁边有一家 商 店。
Bīnguǎn pángbiān yǒu yì jiā shāngdiàn.
There is a shop next to the hotel.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 宾馆
街道两边有很多 商 店。
Jiēdào liǎng biān yǒu hěn duō shāngdiàn.
There are many shops on both sides of the street.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 街道
商 店里有很多种饮料。
Shāngdiàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō zhǒng yǐnliào.
The shop has many kinds of drinks.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 种
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From the graded readers
商 店里的衣服很多，很漂亮。
shāngdiàn lǐ de / dì yīfu hěnduō, hěn piàoliang.
There were a lot of clothes in the shop and they were pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
星期六上午，我和妈妈去 商 店。
xīngqīliù shàngwǔ, wǒ hé māma qù shāngdiàn.
On Saturday morning my mum and I went to the shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
路上我能看见很多人和很多 商 店。
lùshang wǒ néng kànjiàn hěnduō rén hé hěnduō shāngdiàn.
On the way I can see lots of people and lots of shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
那天我先坐公共汽车去了 商 场，又去了图书馆。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ xiān zuò gōnggòngqìchē qùle shāngchǎng, yòu qùle túshūguǎn.
That day I'd taken the bus to the shopping centre, then gone to the library.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
请发 商 业发票。
Qǐng fā shāngyè fāpiào.
Please send the commercial invoice.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
我回去跟同事 商 量。
Wǒ huíqù gēn tóngshì shāngliang.
I'll discuss it with my colleagues.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
商 appears in 53 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 商
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Questions about 商
How is 商 used in a sentence?
This page shows 53 sentences using 商 (shāng, "Commerce (business - consult - discuss - quotient - Shang dynasty)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 商 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 商 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 商?
The dictionary page for 商 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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