市
market; city; municipal
Meanings
5 senses · 25 examplesnoun
market; fair; trading place
Refers to a specific location where goods are bought and sold. Commonly used in compounds like '超市' (supermarket) or '夜市' (night market).
There is a very big vegetable market near my home.
We go to the night market on weekends.
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The current market conditions for rice are not very stable.
He went to the market and bought some fresh fruit.
This market has been open for a long time and business has always been good.
verb
to trade; to buy and sell
literaryThis is a literary or classical usage, often found in idioms or formal texts.
Ancient merchants traded goods here.
He wanted to curry favor by making donations.
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Do not try to buy me off with small benefits.
Merchants trade in all directions.
Goods are abundant here, which is favorable for trade.
noun
city; town; urban area
Refers to a city or town, often implying a populous or urban center.
The appearance of Shanghai is very neat and tidy.
Many citizens participated in today's marathon.
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We need to improve the traffic conditions in the urban area.
Beijing is an international metropolis.
The greening in this city is done very well.
noun
municipality; administrative division
Refers to an administrative division, such as a municipality directly under the central government or a prefecture-level city.
There are many prefecture-level cities in China.
Tianjin is a municipality directly under the central government.
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The economy of this municipality grew very fast last year.
The municipal government issued a new housing policy.
Criteria for establishing a city include population and economic development level.
adjective
municipal (unit of measurement)
Refers to the 'market system' (市制) of weights and measures used in China before full metrication, still occasionally used for daily goods like catty (斤) and chi (尺).
In the past, cloth was measured using municipal chi.
One jin equals ten liang; here it refers to the municipal catty.
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Please weigh two municipal jin of apples for me.
One municipal sheng is approximately equal to one liter.
Nowadays many young people only know the metric system and not the municipal system.