| 商业发票 | shāng yè fā piào | commercial invoice |
| 商业管理 | shāng yè guǎn lǐ | business administration |
| 商业行为 | shāng yè xíng wéi | business activity; commercial activity |
| 商业计划 | shāng yè jì huà | business plan |
| 商机 | shāng jī | business opportunity; commercial opportunity |
| 商检 | shāng jiǎn | to inspect goods |
| 商民 | shāng mín | merchant |
| 商水 | Shāng shuǐ | Shangshui county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
| 商水县 | Shāng shuǐ xiàn | Shangshui county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
| 商河 | Shāng hé | Shanghe county in Ji'nan 济南, Shandong |
| 商河县 | Shāng hé xiàn | Shanghe county in Ji'nan 济南, Shandong |
| 商洛市 | Shāng Luò shì | Shāngluò prefecture level city in Shǎnxī 陝西 |
| 商洽 | shāng qià | to parley; to negotiate; to discuss |
| 商港 | shāng gǎng | commercial port; trading harbor |
| 商汤 | Shāng Tāng | Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty |
| 商祺 | shāng qí | business is auspicious; conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! |
| 商科 | shāng kē | business studies; Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994) |
| 商科院校 | shāng kē yuàn xiào | Business school |
| 商科集团 | Shāng kē jí tuán | Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994) |
| 商税 | shāng shuì | tax on trade |
| 商纣王 | Shāng Zhòu wáng | King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant |
| 商铺 | shāng pù | shop; store |
| 商行 | shāng háng | trading company |
| 商计 | shāng jì | to negotiate; to discuss |
| 商调 | shāng diào | to negotiate over transfer of personnel |
| 商誉 | shāng yù | reputation of a firm's product |
| 商贸 | shāng mào | trade and commerce |
| 商办 | shāng bàn | to consult and act upon; privately run; commercial |
| 商都 | Shāng dū | Shangdu county in Ulaanchab 乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia |
| 商都县 | Shāng dū xiàn | Shangdu county in Ulaanchab 乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia |
| 商酌 | shāng zhuó | to deliberate |
| 商队 | shāng duì | caravan |
| 商鞅变法 | Shāng Yāng biàn fǎ | Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination |
| 商飙徐起 | shāng biāo xú qǐ | the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom) |
| 因特网提供商 | yīn tè wǎng tí gōng shāng | Internet service provider (ISP) |
| 国际商会 | Guó jì Shāng huì | International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) |
| 国际商业机器 | guó jì shāng yè jī qì | International Business Machines; IBM |
| 坐商 | zuò shāng | tradesman; shopkeeper |
| 夏商周 | Xià Shāng zhōu | Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties |
| 外商独资企业 | wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè | Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China); Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE); see also 外资企业 |
| 外商直接投资 | wài shāng zhí jiē tóu zī | overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI) |
| 奥运供货商 | Ào yùn gōng huò shāng | supply of Olympic merchandise |
| 威尼斯商人 | Wēi ní sī shāng rén | the Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare |
| 宫商角徵羽 | gōng shāng jué zhǐ yǔ | pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la |
| 密商 | mì shāng | to negotiate in secret; confidential discussions |
| 富商 | fù shāng | rich merchant |
| 小商贩 | xiǎo shāng fàn | small trader; peddler |
| 工商 | gōng shāng | industry and commerce |
| 工商管理硕士 | gōng shāng guǎn lǐ shuò shì | Master of Business Administration (MBA) |
| 差商 | chā shāng | the quotient of differences (slope of a line in coordinate geometry) |
