市儈

市侩
shìkuài
  1. unscrupulous businessperson
  2. profiteer
  3. philistine

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) intermediary; broker; middleman
  2. (by extension) craft person that is only interested in personal gain
  3. craft person that is only interested in personal gain
  4. intermediary; broker; middleman
  5. sordid merchant that seeks nothing but profits

Wiktionary

介紹買賣雙方成交而居間牟利的人。《新唐書．卷五四．食貨志四》：「鬻兩池鹽者，坊市居邸主人、市儈皆論坐。」後常用以形容唯利是圖的人。如：「他一副唯利是圖的樣子，活像人家說的市儈！」

重編國語辭典

  1. 介紹買賣雙方成交而居間牟利的人
  2. 唯利是圖的人
  3. 經紀人；中間人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 市 shì
  1. market
  2. city
  3. municipality (administrative unit)
  4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
2 儈 kuài broker

Related entries

鄙俗 bǐsú
  1. vulgar
  2. philistine
鄙俚 bǐlǐ
  1. vulgar
  2. philistine