市

shì

sh+ì·4th tone

market · city

Radical: 巾 Strokes: 5 HSK 2

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Most common

Same radical

布师带常帝席帐帖幕巾希帽

Same radical

布师带常帝席帐帖幕巾希帽币帮帘

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Character Decomposition

市=亠+巾

Meanings

market

city

municipality (administrative unit)

(literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods

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Words with 市 1372 total

protest strike by merchants罢市bà shì prefecture-level administrative jurisdiction (including prefecture-level cities, autonomous prefectures, prefectures and leagues)地市dì shì black market黑市hēi shì stock market股市gǔ shì

Idioms with 市 50 total Chain

(idiom) court robes in the eastern market; a reference to the execution of a court official东市朝衣dōng shì cháo yī (idiom) (lit. and fig.) mirage海市蜃楼hǎi shì shèn lóu