🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

独立卖家

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dúlì màijiā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Independent seller/ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt ˈsɛl.ər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"越来越多的独立卖家选择在这个跨境电商平台上开店。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A merchant, vendor, or artisan who operates their business autonomously without being owned or controlled by a larger parent corporation.

    "The online marketplace provides a global platform for every independent seller to showcase handmade crafts."
  2. 2

    An individual distributor or retailer who manages their own inventory, pricing, and sales strategy independently.

    "As an independent seller of automotive parts, he sets his own hours and direct wholesale contracts."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'independent', originating from the 17th-century Latin roots 'in-' (not) + 'dependentem' (hanging from), and 'seller', derived from the Old English 'sellan' meaning to give or hand over. Together as a compound phrase, it gained prominence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries with the advent of e-commerce platforms and decentralized retail markets.

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🇫🇷French → English

vendeur indépendant

Transliteration: vɑ̃.dœʁ ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃

"Chaque vendeur indépendant fixe ses propres tarifs sur cette plateforme."

🇩🇪German → English

selbstständiger Verkäufer

Transliteration: zɛlbstˌʃtɛndɪɡɐ fɛɐ̯ˈkɔɪfɐ

"Der selbstständige Verkäufer bot seine Waren auf dem Handwerksmarkt an."

🇮🇹Italian → English

venditore indipendente

Transliteration: vendiˈtore inde.penˈdente

"Il venditore indipendente gestisce la spedizione dei suoi prodotti."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

vendedor independiente

Transliteration: ben.deˈdoɾ in.de.penˈden.te

"Muchos artesanos actúan como vendedor independiente en internet."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

vendedor independente

Transliteration: vẽ.deˈdoɾ ĩ.de.pẽˈdẽ.tʃi

"O vendedor independente conquistou uma base fiel de clientes."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

स्वतंत्र विक्रेता

Transliteration: svatantra vikretā

"यह डिजिटल बाज़ार हर स्वतंत्र विक्रेता को अपनी कला बेचने का मौका देता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

独立卖家

Transliteration: dúlì màijiā

"越来越多的独立卖家选择在这个跨境电商平台上开店。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

독립 판매자

Transliteration: dongnip panmaeja

"많은 독립 판매자들이 소셜 미디어를 통해 제품을 홍보합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

独立販売者

Transliteration: dokuritsu hanbaisha

"プラットフォームには数千の独立販売者が登録しています。"

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