鱼市 (yú shì) — fish market | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

fish market

Easily confused

于是yú shìsound-alikethereupon; consequently; as a result; thus; hence

Examples

鱼市。
Wǒ měi tiān zǎo shàng qù yú shì mǎi xīn xiān yú.
I go to the fish market every morning to buy fresh fish.
鱼市。
Zhè ge yú shì lǐ de yú hěn xīn xiān.
The fish in this market are very fresh.
鱼市。
Tā zài yú shì gōng zuò le hěn duō nián.
He worked at the fish market for many years.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

鱼 names the fish and 市 names the market, together giving 'fish market'.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 魚; 鱼 is its simplified writing.

For 鱼, the traditional form 魚 is a picture of a fish.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

兮兮xībustling

Sound part声符shēngfú

之

之zhī市shì

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The old form 市 pairs 兮, meaning bustling, with 之, the sound part.

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