商人
N3しょうにん shounin
- trader
- shopkeeper
- merchant
noun
Chinese meanings
商人
Examples
- 商人は商品を売り買いする人だ。A merchant is a person who buys and sells goods.商人是买卖商品的人。
- 彼は政治家というよりもむしろ商人だ。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"
}
}