市 shì market
market; city
How to remember 市: 亠 lid + 巾 towel = market. The fishmonger lifts the lid of his cool box, wipes his hands on a towel and shouts the prices across the busy market.
Component breakdown
市 = 亠 lid + 巾 towel
- 亠 lid
- 巾 towel
The fishmonger lifts the lid of his cool box, wipes his hands on a towel and shouts the prices across the busy market.
How it came to be
A mark set over a level line: the sign raised above a place so it could be seen from a distance. What the sign says is that trading happens here on this day.
How it is used
- Two senses. 'City' - 城市 (chéngshì) city, 市区 (shìqū) downtown, 市民 (shìmín) city resident.
- And 'market' - 超市 (chāoshì) supermarket, 股市 (gǔshì) stock market, 上市 (shàngshì) go on sale / go public.
Characters built with 市
Words with 市
- 超市chāoshìsupermarketHSK 1
- 城市chéngshìcity or townHSK 3
- 市区shìqūurban districtHSK 4
- 市场shìchǎngmarketplaceHSK 4
- 夜市yèshìnight marketHSK 5
- 市民shìmíncity residentHSK 5
- 上市shàngshìto hit the market (of a new product)HSK 6
- 股市gǔshìstock marketHSK 6
- 都市dūshìcityHSK 6
- 市值shìzhímarket capitalizationHSK 7
- 市场经济shìchǎngjīngjìmarket economyHSK 7
- 直辖市zhíxiáshìmunicipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重庆, the first level administrative subdivisionHSK 9
- 集市jíshìmarketHSK 9
Example sentences
- 天安门广场位于北京市中心。 Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng wèiyú Běijīng Shì zhōngxīn.Tiananmen Square is in the center of Beijing.
- 我和妈妈去超市。 Wǒ hé māma qù chāoshì.My mom and I are going to the supermarket.
- 这是城市的主要街道。 Zhè shì chéngshì de zhǔyào jiēdào.This is the main road through the city.
- 这个城市是我出生的地方。 Zhège chéngshì shì wǒ chūshēng de dìfang.This city is where I was born.