市场 shìchǎng marketplace
marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market
How to remember 市场: 市 market + 场 measure word for games and performances = marketplace.
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How it is used
- Concrete sense: a physical marketplace, e.g. 菜市场 (càishìchǎng), a wet/vegetable market - distinct from 超市 (chāoshì, supermarket) and 商店 (a shop).
- Abstract economics sense: 房地产市场 (fángdìchǎn shìchǎng) the real estate market, 市场需求 (shìchǎng xūqiú) market demand.
- 很常用 in business/news register for '(the) market' as a system, not just a place to shop.
Example sentences
- 日本米市场禁止进口。 Rìběn mǐ shìchǎng jìnzhǐ jìnkǒu.Japan's rice market is closed to imports.
- 我们在市场上买了些蔬菜和鱼。 Wǒmen zài shìchǎng shàng mǎi le xiē shūcài hé yú.We bought some vegetables and fish at the market.