Chinese symbol for “commercial”
商用
shāng yòng
(attributive) commercial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commercial is 商用 (shāng yòng), defined as: (attributive) commercial.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “commercial”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 广告 (廣告) | guǎng gào | to advertise; a commercial |
| 商务 (商務) | shāng wù | commercial affairs; commercial |
| 媚俗 | mèi sú | to cater to the public's taste; kitsch |
| 商办 (商辦) | shāng bàn | to consult and act upon; privately run |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 商用.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 商业 (商業) | shāng yè | business; trade |
| 商品 | shāng pǐn | commodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn) |
| 商店 | shāng diàn | store; shop; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 商人 | shāng rén | merchant; businessman |
| 协商 (協商) | xié shāng | to consult with; to talk things over |
| 商务 (商務) | shāng wù | commercial affairs; commercial |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commercial”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.