MERCHANT    商人商/賈

ADULT whose WORK is to BUY AND SELL THINGS so as to PRODUCE a SALARY:income.
TRADERDEALERWHOLESALERBROKERAGENTSELLERBUYERBUYER AND SELLERVENDORDISTRIBUTORPEDDLERRETAILERSHOPKEEPERSTOREKEEPER
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 ／
Hyponym
  • BUTCHER　MERCHANT KILLING ANIMALS SELLING their MEAT. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
  • ENTREPRENEUR　IMPORTANT MERCHANT who EMPLOYS MANY OTHERS IN FACTORIES to PRODUCE BIG QUANTITIES of what s/he SELLS. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
See also
  • SHOPBUILDING IN which one SELLS.
Hypernym
  • ADULT　HUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME. (anc: 7/0, child: 20)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • 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 (14 items)

    商賈  shāng gǔ OC: qhjaŋ kaaʔ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ kuo̝ 36 Attributions
      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 19 Attributions

    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
    商人  shāng rén OC: qhjaŋ njin MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ ȵin 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPdefinitemerchant
    • NPindefinitea merchant
    • NPnonreferentialitinerant merchant
    商  shāng OC: qhjaŋ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ 10 Attributions

    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
    賈人  gǔ rén OC: kaaʔ njin MC: kuo̝ ȵin 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NP{vadN}agentmerchant
    沽客子  gǔ kè zǐ OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ sklɯʔ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk tsɨ 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmerchant
    沽客  gǔ kè OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmerchant
    賈客  gǔ kè OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPitinerant merchant
    估客  gǔ kè OC: kaaʔ khraaɡ MC: kuo̝ khɣɛk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpeddler
    駔  zǎng OC: skaaŋʔ MC: tsɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nhorse-trader
    商主  shāng zhǔ OC: qhjaŋ tjoʔ MC: ɕi̯ɐŋ tɕi̯o 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPmerchant
    𧶜旅  shāng lǚ MC: syang -- OC: -- raʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPtravelling merchantLZ
    販  fàn OC: pans MC: pi̯ɐn 0 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPmerchant