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商务印书馆

Shāng wù Yìn shū guǎndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1f565336c223b2b2. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

商務印書館 商务印书馆 [Shang1 wu4 Yin4 shu1 guan3] /The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)/

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Other forms in these source records: 商務印書館

  • 商
    shāng

    commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhì shāng], intelligence quotient)

    Shāng

    Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC) / surname Shang

  • 务
    wù

    affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means

  • 印
    yìn

    to print / to mark / to engrave / a seal / a print / a stamp / a mark / a trace / image

    Yìn

    surname Yin / abbr. for 印度[Yìn dù], India

  • 书
    shū

    book / letter / document / CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù] / to write

    Shū

    abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]

  • 馆
    guǎn

    building / shop / term for certain service establishments / embassy or consulate / schoolroom (old) / CL:家[jiā]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.