HSK 5 · Money

贸易 màoyì “(commercial) trade” in Chinese

Traditional 貿易

What 贸易 means

  1. (commercial) trade

Measure word 个 gè · 一个贸易 yí ge màoyì

How to say 贸易

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贸mào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale易yì4th tone, falling

贸易 in a sentence

  1. 这两个国家有强大的贸易关系。

    Zhè liǎng ge guójiā yǒu qiángdà de màoyì guānxi.

    The two nations have strong trade ties.

    Sentence #2581548 from Tatoeba

  2. 日本和好几个海外国家做贸易。

    Rìběn hé hǎojǐ ge hǎiwài guójiā zuò màoyì.

    Japan trades with several foreign countries.

    Sentence #512435 from Tatoeba

  3. 最近对外贸易活动减少了。

    Zuìjìn duìwài màoyì huódòng jiǎnshǎo le.

    Foreign trade has been declining lately.

    Sentence #819710 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 贸易 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 贸 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
贸màocommerce
  • 卯part of the characterSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part
The character 易 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
易yìeasy
  • 日sun · rì
  • 勿must not · wù

How to write 贸易

贸 9 strokes · 易 8 strokes

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贸易 (màoyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 贸易 (màoyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 贸易

Words with 易

容易róngyì · easy轻易qīngyì · easily交易jiāoyì · transaction

More words: Money & Economy

经商jīngshāng · to be in business进口jìnkǒu · to import利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)名牌míngpái · famous brand赔偿péicháng · to compensate破产pòchǎn · to go bankrupt欠qiàn · to owe

FAQs

贸易 (màoyì) means “(commercial) trade”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it màoyì: mào with a 4th tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 贸易 is written 貿易. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one (commercial) trade is 一个贸易 (yí ge màoyì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type maoyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 贸易 from the suggestions. Typing maoyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
贸易 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.