shì

Whole syllable:shìVideo guide
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  • 1

    n.fmlmarket; regular gathering place for buying and selling goods

    • yè shì shàng yǒu hěn duō xiǎo chī tān

      小吃

      There are many food stalls in the night market.

    • shì chǎng

      market

    • xīn pǐn mǎ shàng jiù yào shàng shì le

      新品马上就要

      The new product is coming out soon.

  • 2

    n.city; metropolis; municipality

    • shì qū

      urban district

    • chéng shì

      city

    • shì mín

      citizen

    synonym
  • 3

    n.urban administrative unit directly under the jurisdiction of the central government or under the jurisdiction of a province or autonomous region

    • wǒ zhù zài běi jīng shì

      北京

      I live in Beijing.

    • zhōng guó yǒu sì gè zhí xiá shì

      中国直辖

      China has four municipalities directly under the central Government.

    • wǒ qù guò liǎng cì hé féi shì

      合肥

      I have been to Hefei twice.

  • 4

    v.fmlbuy or sell; trade

    • hù shì

      mutual market

  • 5

    n.market price

    • háng shì

      quotations on the market

  • 6

    n.pertaining to the traditional Chinese system of weights and measures

    • shì shēng

      sheng, primary unit of dry measure of grain

    • shì chǐ

      chi, unit of length

    • shì jīn

      jin, unit of weight

    synonym

Words and phrases with 市

Word usage

  • "市" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • one city

Similar-form characters to 市

Chinese Characters with pinyin shì

  • this; yes
  • accident; work
  • lifetime; generation
  • try; examination
  • fit; right