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市

shì

HSK 3 Character

What 市 means

1. market
2. city
3. municipality (administrative unit)
4. literaryto trade; to buy and sell goods

Example sentences

• 超市出兑。
  Chāoshì chū duì.
  The supermarket ran out of business.
• 去了超市。
  I went to the supermarket.
• 市场很大。
  The market is big.
• 超市真大！
  The supermarket is really big!
• 附近有超市吗
  Is there any supermarket nearby?
• 他认识市长。
  He is acquainted with the mayor.

Words starting with 市

• 市场shì chǎngmarketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
• 市民shì míncity resident; townspeople
• 市区shì qūurban district; downtown; city center
• 市长shì zhǎngmayor
• 市场经济shì chǎng jīng jìmarket economy
• 市中心shì zhōng xīncity center; downtown
• 市政府shì zhèng fǔcity hall; city government
• 市内shì nèiinside the city
• 市委shì wěimunicipal committee
• 市里shì lǐli (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters)
• 市政shì zhèngmunicipal administration
• 市面shì miànthe marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce)
• 市场化shì chǎng huàmarketization
• 市容shì róngappearance of a city
• 市井shì jǐngmarketplace; town; the street (urban milieu)
• 市场价shì chǎng jiàmarket price
• 市郊shì jiāoouter city; suburb
• 市值shì zhímarket capitalization; market value
• 市镇shì zhènsmall town
• 市价shì jiàmarket price
• 市场占有率shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜmarket share
• 市政厅shì zhèng tīngcity hall
• 市府shì fǔmunicipal government; city government; city hall
• 市立shì lìmunicipal; city; city-run

Words containing 市

• 城市chéng shìcity; town
• 超市chāo shìsupermarket (abbr. for 超级市场
• 都市dū shìcity; metropolis
• 北京市Běi jīng ShìBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京
• 上市shàng shìto hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
• 股市gǔ shìstock market
• 全市quán shìwhole city
• 上海市Shàng hǎi ShìShanghai municipality (short name 沪
• 广州市Guǎng zhōu ShìGuangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 广东省
• 楼市lóu shìreal estate market
• 本市běn shìthis city; our city
• 深圳市Shēn zhèn ShìShenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 省市shěng shìprovinces and cities
• 大都市dà dū shìmetropolis; large city; megacity
• 集市jí shìmarket; bazaar; fair
• 天津市Tiān jīn ShìTianjin municipality (short name 津
• 佛山市Fó shān ShìFoshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省
• 重庆市Chóng qìng ShìChongqing municipality (short name 渝
• 沈阳市Shěn yáng ShìShenyang, sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Province 辽宁省
• 菜市场cài shì chǎngfood market
• 夜市yè shìnight market
• 城市化chéng shì huàurbanization
• 武汉市Wǔ hàn ShìWuhan, sub-provincial city and capital of Hubei Province 湖北省
• 直辖市zhí xiá shìmunicipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重庆, the first…

Characters that look like 市

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce
• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 币bìmoney; coins; currency
• 毕bìthe whole of; to finish; to complete
• 宇yǔroom; universe
• 聿yù(arch. introductory particle); then; and then

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼
• 柿persimmon