Meaning
market; city
Chinese: 市场、城市。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shi” becomes a different word in each tone. 市 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 超市chāo shìsupermarket
- 市长shì zhǎngmayor
- 城市chéng shìcity; town
- 市场shì chǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
- 市区shì qūurban district; downtown; city center
Example Sentence
周末我们去超市买东西。Zhōu mò wǒ men qù chāo shì mǎi dōng xi.On weekends we go to the supermarket to shop.
周末Zhōu mòweekend我们wǒ menwe去qùto go超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市买东西mǎi dōng xito do one's shopping。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
亠 over 巾 (cloth): a place where goods are traded — ‘a market, fair; a city; municipal; the metric/market system of units’ (市场, 城市, 超市).
A way to remember it
Where goods are traded — a market; a city.
Easy to confuse with
- 布‘Cloth’: also over 巾, but with 𠂇 (a left hand) on top, not 亠.