商代

Traditional form:

商代

Pinyin (reading):

Shāngdài

Definitions:

• the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)

Characters:

• 商 - commerce, business, trade
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

Traditional characters:

• 商 - commerce, business, trade
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace