00425 Chinese character of 市 and pronounce si5

The Chinese character【市】is a word that describes a place or a transaction, and is mainly used for the following meanings:

City or market place. Explanation: (1) A place where goods are bought and sold. For example: “market”, “stock market”, “bazaar”, “night market”. (2) Areas with concentrated populations and developed industry and commerce. Such as: “metropolis”, “city”. (3) Name of the administrative division. For example: “Taipei City”, “Kaohsiung City”, “Taichung City”.

Below, you can see how this Chinese character is pronounced.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【市】:shì

Cantonese Jyutping of 【市】:si5

Below, you’ll find general facts about the Chinese character 【市】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【市】, for example:Describing a place or transaction , It means mainly a city or a market place. .Chinese characters possess deep and diverse meanings, and some detailed aspects may not be entirely covered in this discussion.

【市】is a word that, when joined with additional words, constructs more precise phrases, like【城市、市場】(Mandarin Pinyin:chéng shì 、shì chǎng/ Cantonese Jyutping:sing4 si5 、si5 coeng4)

To form this character, you need 5 strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,Listed below is a sentence demonstrating the application of this character.:


城市的市場每天都熙熙攘攘。

The city’s markets are bustling with people every day.


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