shì

market

city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods

canopy (亠) + cloth (巾) = market stall

古代的市場常用布匹交易,一塊布掛在攤位上就是市集的象徵。The cover or lid shape on top may suggest a canopy sheltering the cloth stall below.

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这个的人口超过了一千万。

zhè ge shì de rén kǒu chāo guò le yī qiān wàn。

The population of this city has exceeded ten million.

他每天早上去场买新鲜的蔬菜。

tā měi tiān zǎo shang qù shì chǎng mǎi xīn xiān de shū cài。

He goes to the market every morning to buy fresh vegetables.

Words with 市

临夏市

lín xià shì

Linxia, a county-level city in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu

临江市

lín jiāng shì

Linjiang, a county-level city in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin

通化市

tōng huà shì

Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

连州市

lián zhōu shì

Lianzhou, a county-level city in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong

连云港市

lián yún gǎng shì

Lianyungang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

遂宁市

suì níng shì

Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

运城市

yùn chéng shì

Yuncheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]

临汾市

lín fén shì

Linfen, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]

达州市

dá zhōu shì

Dazhou, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

长垣市

cháng yuán shì

Changyuan, a county-level city in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan

遵化市

zūn huà shì

Zunhua, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei

遵义市

zūn yì shì

Zunyi, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]

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