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市 - shì

market, fair; city, town; trade

market, fair; city, town; trade

How to read 市

Click 市 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshì
Englishmarket, fair; city, town; trade
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

市丈 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 市中. Please read 市井 one more time.

Common words with this character

zhang
see 市中區|市中区[Shi4 zhong1 Qu1]
marketplace; town; the street
market capitalization; market value

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 市 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 市丈 and 市中 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 市.