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超市

chāo shì

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Measure word 家

超市 (chāo shì) means "supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 超市 means

1. supermarket (abbr. for {超级市场|chāo jí shì chǎng})

The characters in 超市

• 超chāoto exceed; to overtake; to surpass
• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)

Example sentences

• 超市出兑。
  Chāoshì chū duì.
  The supermarket ran out of business.
• 去了超市。
  I went to the supermarket.
• 超市真大！
  The supermarket is really big!
• 附近有超市吗
  Is there any supermarket nearby?
• 这附近有超市吗？
  Is there a supermarket near here?
• 有一个大型超市。
  There is a large supermarket.

Where 超市 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Places in the City (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chāo shì correctly.
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