开市 (kāi shì) — to reopen (a shop or market) after a period of closure; to make the first transaction of the day (in a market or stock exchange)

Definition

开市 (kāi shì) means a market or stock exchange officially opening for the day — making its first transaction after being closed. For a shop reopening after a longer break, use 重新开业.

verb
to reopen (a shop or market) after a period of closureto make the first transaction of the day (in a market or stock exchange)
Easily confused

Examples

  • ，开市。
    Chūn jié guò hòu, hěn duō shāng diàn dōu kāi shì le.
    After the Spring Festival, many shops reopened.
  • 开市。
    Jīn tiān gǔ shì kāi shì jiù zhǎng le.
    The stock market rose as soon as it opened today.
  • 。
    Zhè jiā diàn zhuāng xiū hòu zhī kāi le yì tiān shì yòu guān le.
    After renovation, this shop only opened for one day and then closed again.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

开kāiopen
市shìmarket

开 (open) and 市 (market) combine to mean a market begins business.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

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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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