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CHINESE CHARACTER

shì

市

市

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city

Numbered pinyin
shi4
English meanings
market, city, CL:個|个[ge4]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 亠; bottom 巾.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱亠巾

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这gè个shì市hěn很dà大。

    This city is big.

  2. 02

    shì市zhèngfǔ政府zài在qiánmian前面。

    The city government is ahead.

  3. 03

    shì市zhōngxīn中心hěn很rènao热闹。

    The city center is lively.

  4. 04

    tā他zhù住zài在shì市lǐ里。

    He lives in the city.

  5. 05

    shìchǎng市场mǎi买cài菜。

    Buy vegetables at the market.

  6. 06

    shàngshì上市de的xīn新shuǐguǒ水果。

    New fruit on the market.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 上市
  • 城市
  • 夜市
  • 市区
  • 市场
  • 市场经济
  • 市民
  • 市长
  • 股市
  • 菜市场
  • 超市
  • 都市