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商しょう人にん

N3
しょうにん shounin
  1. trader
  2. shopkeeper
  3. merchant
noun

Chinese meanings

商人

Examples

  • 商しょう人にんは商しょう品ひんを売うり買かいする人ひとだ。
    A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods.
    商人是买卖商品的人。
  • 彼かれは政せい治じ家かというよりもむしろ商しょう人にんだ。
    He is not so much a politician as a merchant.
    与其说他是政治家,不如说他是商人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b1baf28297'); // 商人
{
  "id": "b1baf28297",
  "word": "商人",
  "reading": "しょうにん",
  "romaji": "shounin",
  "meanings": [
    "trader",
    "shopkeeper",
    "merchant"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1580270,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "商人は商品を売り買いする人だ。",
      "furigana": "{商人|しょうにん}は{商品|しょうひん}を{売|う}り{買|か}いする{人|ひと}だ。",
      "en": "A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods.",
      "tatoeba_id": 147145
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は政治家というよりもむしろ商人だ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{政治家|せいじか}というよりもむしろ{商人|しょうにん}だ。",
      "en": "He is not so much a politician as a merchant.",
      "tatoeba_id": 103333
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "7ccd8d5588748a81ff19c464e344061e83d17fa7fc1b9668fc606f864fcd5614",
    "meanings": [
      "商人"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "商人は商品を売り買いする人だ。",
        "zh": "商人是买卖商品的人。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は政治家というよりもむしろ商人だ。",
        "zh": "与其说他是政治家,不如说他是商人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b1baf28297",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1580270; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "1dac13a4635b550b015f1cb30318a19c9e232a7b7d981b9116014ef57b126e5c",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}