| 电子商务 |
diàn zǐ shāng wù |
e-commerce |
| 电 |
diàn |
lightning / electricity / electric (bound form) / to get (or give) an electric shock / phone call or telegram etc / to send via telephone or telegram etc |
| 电子 |
diàn zǐ |
electronic / electron (particle physics) |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 商 |
Shāng |
Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC) / surname Shang |
| 商 |
shāng |
commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商, intelligence quotient) |
| 商务 |
shāng wù |
commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business |
| 务 |
wù |
affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means |