market day; scheduled fair day
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
(of a town or village) to be market day; to have a scheduled open-air market
dialectRefers to rural towns or villages that hold periodic markets (e.g., every 3rd, 6th, and 9th day of the month). This is a dialectal term common in northern and central China.
Huáng黄
cūn村
shì是
sān三
、
liù六
、
jiǔ九
féng逢
jí集
。
Huang Village holds its market on days ending in three, six, and nine.
Míng明
tiān天
zhèn镇
shàng上
féng逢
jí集
，
wǒ我
men们
qù去
mǎi买
diǎn点
nián年
huò货
ba吧
。
Tomorrow is market day in town; let's go buy some New Year goods.
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Zhè这
gè个
cūn村
zi子
féng逢
jí集
shì是
féng逢
dān单
hái还
shì是
féng逢
shuāng双
？
Does this village hold markets on odd-numbered days or even-numbered days?