市 (shì): market, city, municipality (administrative unit)
市 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “market.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural) and 巾 (structural). It ranks #254 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- market
- city
- municipality (administrative unit)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 市
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 城市noun | chéng shì | city | 3 |
| 市场noun | shì chǎng | marketplace | 4 |
| 超市noun | chāo shì | supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场) | 1 |
| 市民noun | shì mín | city resident | 5 |
| 市区noun | shì qū | urban district | 4 |
| 都市noun | dū shì | city | 6 |
| 上市verb | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product) | 6 |
| 股市noun | gǔ shì | stock market | 6 |
| 夜市noun | yè shì | night market | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 市长noun | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 市中心 | shì zhōng xīn | city center |
| 市里measure | shì lǐ | li (Chinese unit of length equal to 500 meters) |
| 市政厅noun | shì zhèng tīng | city hall |
| 黑市noun | hēi shì | black market |
| 市政府noun | shì zhèng fǔ | city hall |
| 市政noun | shì zhèng | municipal administration |
| 本市noun | běn shì | this city |
| 集市noun | jí shì | market |
| 全市 | quán shì | whole city |
| 大都市noun | dà dū shì | metropolis |
| 市面noun | shì miàn | the marketplace (i.e. the world of business and commerce) |
| 市内noun | shì nèi | inside the city |
| 市郊noun | shì jiāo | outer city |
| 市值noun | shì zhí | market capitalization |
市 appears in 108 compound words: 41 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 4 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 市 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (20)
to carry out a public execution in a city center (as a warning to others)
to carry out a public execution in a city center (as a warning to others)
Showing 12 of 20 idioms containing 市.
Example Sentences
市字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
shì zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "市" has different usages in different contexts.
...方日报A1:新春8日 300万港人外游 市道更愁
. . . fāng rì bào A 1 : xīn chūn 8 rì 3 0 0 wàn gǎng rén wài yóu shì dào gēng chóu
... Fang Daily A1: On the 8th of the Chinese New Year, 3 million Hong Kong people traveled abroad, and the market was even more troubled
汪小菲过年带子逛饶河夜市 脱口“台湾”赶紧加“中国”
wāng xiǎo 菲 guò nián dài zǐ guàng ráo hé yè shì tuō kǒu tái wān gǎn jǐn jiā zhōng guó
Wang Xiaofei took her children to visit Raohe Night Market during the New Year and blurted out "Taiwan" and quickly added "China"
龙七公:“万亿大市”挑大梁支撑基本面
lóng qī gōng : wàn yì dà shì tiāo dà liáng zhī chēng jī běn miàn
Long Qigong: "Trillion big city" takes the lead to support fundamentals
暴风雪来袭 纽约市周一停课停学 19年来首见
bào fēng xuě lái xí niǔ yuē shì zhōu yī tíng kè tíng xué 1 9 nián lái shǒu jiàn
The blizzard hit New York City on Monday and closed classes for the first time in 19 years
中国网军4千帐户攻击高市早苗 矢板明夫:台日两国正面对相同挑战
zhōng guó wǎng jūn 4 qiān zhàng hù gōng jī gāo shì zǎo miáo shǐ bǎn míng fū : tái rì liǎng guó zhèng miàn duì xiāng tóng tiāo zhàn
4,000 accounts of China's cyber army attacked Sanae Takaichi Akio Yaita: Taiwan and Japan are facing the same challenges
你的学校在这个城市吗？
Nǐ de xuéxiào zài zhège chéngshì ma?
Is your school in this town?
纽约市的人口有多少？
Niǔyuē Shì de rénkǒu yǒu duōshao?
How large is the population of New York City?
你知道从火车站到市政府有多远？
Nǐ zhīdào cóng huǒchēzhàn dào shìzhèngfǔ yǒu duōyuǎn?
Do you know how far it is from the station to city hall?
你在三田市住了多久？
Nǐ zài sāntián shì zhù le duōjiǔ?
How long did you live in Sanda?
Character Family
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