市 (shì) — city; market
Definition
市 is used in compound words to mean 'city' (城市, 市区) or 'market' (市场, 超市). On its own it appears in formal names like 上海市. Compare 城市 for everyday 'city' and 市场 for 'market'.
noun
citymarket
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
- 亦yìlook-alikealso; as well
- 是shìsound-aliketo be (linking verb, followed by a noun or noun phrase)
- 亩mǔlook-alike(classifier) for fields and land area; unit of area equal to about 666.67 m² (1/15 hectare)
- 事shìsound-alikething; matter; affair
- 方fānglook-alike(adjective) square; cubic
- 试shìsound-aliketo try; to test
Examples
- 。Zhè ge chéng shì zài zhōng guó hěn yǒu míng.This city is very famous in China.
- 。Zhè ge shì chǎng mài hěn duō xīn xiān de shuǐ guǒ hé shū cài.This market sells a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.
- 。Wǒ zhù zài nà ge chéng shì de shì zhōng xīn.I live in the city center of that city.
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