shopkeeper; merchant with fixed premises
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
merchant with fixed business premises; shopkeeper (as opposed to itinerant merchant)
Contrasts with 行商 (itinerant merchant/peddler). Historically refers to merchants who operate from a fixed shop or location rather than traveling to sell goods.
Zuò坐
shāng商
bù不
tóng同
yú于
xíng行
shāng商
，
tā他
men们
yǒu有
gù固
dìng定
de的
diàn店
pù铺
。
Sedentary merchants differ from itinerant merchants in that they have fixed shops.
Zhè这
tiáo条
jiē街
shàng上
de的
zuò坐
shāng商
dōu都
kāi开
le了
jǐ几
shí十
nián年
le了
。
The shopkeepers on this street have been in business for decades.
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Zài在
gǔ古
dài代
，
zuò坐
shāng商
hé和
xíng行
shāng商
shì是
liǎng两
zhǒng种
bù不
tóng同
de的
shāng商
yè业
xíng形
tài态
。
In ancient times, sedentary merchants and itinerant merchants were two different forms of commerce.