Definition

1. Noun:
   • Internal trade, domestic commerce: Refers to the buying and selling of goods and services within a country's borders.
   • Internal injury, internal disease: Refers to a medical condition affecting internal organs, typically treated with internal medicine (non-surgical methods).

Usage Examples

• Noun (Commerce):
  • Ngành nội thương đang phát triển mạnh. (The domestic trade sector is growing strongly.)
  • Chính sách này nhằm thúc đẩy nội thương. (This policy aims to promote internal trade.)
• Noun (Medicine):
  • Ông ấy bị nội thương sau tai nạn. (He suffered internal injuries after the accident.)
  • Thuốc này chuyên trị các chứng nội thương. (This medicine specializes in treating internal diseases.)

Advanced Usage

• "thương mại nội địa": A more formal synonym for "nội thương" in the commercial sense, meaning domestic commerce.
  • Thương mại nội địa chiếm tỷ trọng lớn trong GDP. (Domestic commerce accounts for a large proportion of GDP.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngoại thương (n): Foreign trade, international commerce. (The opposite of "nội thương" in commerce).
• Nội khoa (n): Internal medicine. (The medical field related to treating "nội thương").
• Thương tổn nội tạng (n): Internal organ damage. (A specific type of "nội thương" in medicine).

Synonyms

• Commerce meaning: Thương mại nội địa, buôn bán trong nước.
• Medicine meaning: Bệnh nội khoa, tổn thương bên trong.

Important Notes on Usage

• The word "nội thương" is a compound noun. Its meaning is entirely dependent on context. In modern economic texts, it almost exclusively means "domestic trade." In medical or traditional contexts, it means "internal injury/disease."
• To avoid ambiguity, specify the field: "nội thương (kinh tế)" for commerce or "nội thương (y học)" for medicine.
• In contemporary everyday language, the commercial meaning is more common. The medical meaning is often found in traditional medicine (Đông y) contexts.

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