电商平台

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e-commerce platform

淘宝是中国用户量最大的电商平台之一。

Taobao is one of the most widely used e-commerce platforms in China.

Etymology

This is a modern Chinese compound word. "电商" is an abbreviation for "electronic commerce" that became popular in the 1990s, combined with "平台" which means platform, to describe digital marketplaces for online commercial activity.

Memory Aid

Break the word into three parts: 电 (electric/electronic) + 商 (commerce/business) + 平台 (platform), which directly builds the meaning: electronic business platform = e-commerce platform.

Collocations

大型电商平台跨境电商平台第三方电商平台社交电商平台

Synonyms

电子商务平台网购平台

Related Words

电商网店直播带货网购商家