市场价 (shì chǎng jià) — market price

Definition

noun
market price

Examples

  • 市场价？
    Zhè ge shāng pǐn de shì chǎng jià shì duō shǎo?
    What is the market price of this product?
  • 市场价。
    Xiàn zài shì chǎng jià bǐ yuán lái gāo le bù shǎo.
    Now the market price is much higher than before.
  • 市场价，。
    Mǎi fáng shí chú le shì chǎng jià, hái dé kǎo lǜ qí tā fèi yòng.
    When buying a house, besides the market price, you also have to consider other expenses.

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.

市场market
市shìmarket场chǎngplace
联合Side by side
价jiàprice

The 市场 (market) and 价 (price) together give the price seen in the market.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 市 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →

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
人人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
介
介jiè价jiè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

Open 价 →
Appears in
Economy & Trade

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