市 (si5 | shi4) : market; fair; city; metropolis; trade

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市

si5

shi4

[1] [n] market; fair; marketplace
[2] [n] city; metropolis; municipality
[3] [v] trade; buy or sell; deal in
[4] [adj] pertaining to traditional Chinese system of weights and measures

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 巾 (#50)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

市

Don't confuse with:
巿帀币

This word has been viewed 20264 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Jan 2015 14:17

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神戸市 san4 wu6 si5 shen2 hu4 shi4 = Kobe, Japanese city

市長 si5 zoeng2 shi4 zhang3 = mayor

市場 si5 coeng4 shi4 chang3 = a market; a marketplace; a fair; a bazaar.

城市 sing4 si5 cheng2 shi4 = city

市政 si5 zing3 shi4 zheng4 = municipal administration

街市 gaai1 si5 jie1 shi4 = street market, wet market

墟市 heoi1 si5 = marketplace 粵

門市 mun4 si5 men2 shi4 = retail sales

行街市 haang4 gaai1 si5 = to go street market buy food 粵

花市 faa1 si5 hua1 shi4 = flower market; Lunar New Year Fair
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阿媽去咗超級市場買嘢。粵
Mum has gone shopping in a supermarket.

他本來想在沿海城市工作國
At first he intended to work in a coastal city.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 市
Unicode code for this character: U+5e02 (off-site link)

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