行商

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	commerce; consult
trad. (行商)		行	商
simp. #(行商)		行	商
anagram		商行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngshāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ soeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng-siong / hêng-siang

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngshāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngshang
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-shang¹
    • Yale: syíng-shāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngshang
    • Palladius: синшан (sinšan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ soeng¹
    • Yale: hàhng sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-siong
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-siong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsiofng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-siang
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-siang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengsiafng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² siaŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

行商

1. itinerant trader; travelling merchant; pedlar

Synonyms

• (literary) 商旅 (shānglǚ)

Antonyms

• 坐商 (zuòshāng)

Verb

行商

1. to engage in commercial activities; to do business; to trade

Synonyms

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• 交易 (jiāoyì)
• 做生意 (zuò shēngyi)
• 做生理 (Hokkien, Teochew, Hakka)
• 做買賣 / 做买卖 (zuò mǎimài)
• 吃生意飯 / 吃生意饭 (⁷chiq ¹san-i-ve) (Wu)
• 吃生意飯 / 吃生意饭 (⁷chiq ¹san-i-ve) (Shanghainese)
• 商販 / 商贩 (shāngfàn) (Classical Chinese)
• 從商 / 从商 (cóngshāng)
• 營商 / 营商 (yíngshāng)
• 經商 / 经商 (jīngshāng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行商):

• → Japanese: 行商(ぎょうしょう) (gyōshō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	商
ぎょう Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぎょーしょー [gyòóshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞ːɕo̞ː]

Noun

行(ぎょう)商(しょう) • (gyōshō) ^{←ぎやうしやう (gyausyau)?}

1. peddling, hawking, the act of carrying merchandise from place to place to sell

   Synonym: (Kagoshima) いねうい (“ineui”)

2. peddler

Verb

行(ぎょう)商(しょう)する • (gyōshō suru) ^{←ぎやうしやう (gyausyau)?}suru (stem 行(ぎょう)商(しょう)し (gyōshō shi), past 行(ぎょう)商(しょう)した (gyōshō shita))

1. to peddle, to hawk

Conjugation

Conjugation of "行商する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	行商し	ぎょうしょうし	gyōshō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	行商し	ぎょうしょうし	gyōshō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	行商する	ぎょうしょうする	gyōshō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	行商する	ぎょうしょうする	gyōshō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	行商すれ	ぎょうしょうすれ	gyōshō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	行商せよ¹ 行商しろ²	ぎょうしょうせよ¹ ぎょうしょうしろ²	gyōshō seyo¹ gyōshō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	行商される	ぎょうしょうされる	gyōshō sareru
Causative	行商させる 行商さす	ぎょうしょうさせる ぎょうしょうさす	gyōshō saseru gyōshō sasu
Potential	行商できる	ぎょうしょうできる	gyōshō dekiru
Volitional	行商しよう	ぎょうしょうしよう	gyōshō shiyō
Negative	行商しない	ぎょうしょうしない	gyōshō shinai
Negative continuative	行商せず	ぎょうしょうせず	gyōshō sezu
Formal	行商します	ぎょうしょうします	gyōshō shimasu
Perfective	行商した	ぎょうしょうした	gyōshō shita
Conjunctive	行商して	ぎょうしょうして	gyōshō shite
Hypothetical conditional	行商すれば	ぎょうしょうすれば	gyōshō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “行商”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026