Definition
市 (shì) has two distinct meanings. For 'city', it's often used in compounds (市区, 市民) and feels more formal/administrative than the everyday word 城市. For 'market', it's the general term (超市, 菜市), while 市场 (shì chǎng) specifically means 'marketplace' and also an abstract market (e.g., 市场调查).
noun
citymarket
Measure word · 个
Easily confused
- 亦yìlook-alikealso; as well
- 是shìsound-aliketo be (linking verb, followed by a noun or noun phrase)
- 亩mǔlook-alike(classifier) for fields and land area; unit of area equal to about 666.67 m² (1/15 hectare)
- 事shìsound-alikething; matter; affair
- 方fānglook-alike(adjective) square; cubic
- 时shísound-alike(noun) time, period, season
- 试shìsound-aliketo try; to test
- 使shǐsound-aliketo cause, to make (someone do something)
- 十shísound-aliketen
- 室shìsound-alikeroom (often as a suffix in compound words)
Examples
- 。Zhège chéngshì zài Zhōngguó hěn yǒumíng.This city is very famous in China.
- 。Zhège shìchǎng mài hěnduō xīnxiān de shuǐguǒ hé shūcài.This market sells a lot of fresh fruit and vegetables.
- 。Wǒ zhù zài nàge chéngshì de shìzhōngxīn.I live in the city center of that city.
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