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市 (si5) — market; fair; marketplace in Cantonese

siˏ₅市
Mandarin Pinyin: shi4

Meaning of 市

nounmarket; fair; marketplace
nounpertaining to traditional Chinese system of weights and measures
nouncity; metropolis; municipality
nountrade; buy or sell; deal in

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Example Sentences with 市

他本來想在沿海城市工作
At first he intended to work in a coastal city.
aa˗₃阿maaˉ¹媽heoi˗₃去zoˊ²咗ciuˉ¹超kapˉ¹級siˏ₅市coengˎ₄場maaiˏ₅買jeˏ₅嘢。
Mum has gone shopping in a supermarket.
gaanˉ¹間ciuˉ¹超siˏ₅市haangˎ₄行louˍ₆路heoi˗₃去dakˉ¹得douˊ²到。
The supermarket is within walking distance.
ciuˉ¹超siuˏ₅市houˊ²好doˉ¹多jauˏ₅有geiˉ¹機sikˍ₆食mat6.物。
The supermarket has a lot of organic food.
heoi˗₃去gaaiˉ¹街siˏ₅市maaiˏ₅買seoiˊ²水caan2.產。
Go to the market to buy seafood.
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Words Containing 市

城市生活sing4 si5 sang1 wut6
city life, things to do in the city
墟市heoi1 si5
marketplace; country fair/market
新興市場san1 hing1 si5 coeng4
emerging market
應市jing3 si5
to supply the market demands
街市阿伯gaai1 si5 aa3 baak3
a loudmouth cursing gossiping male
牛市ngau4 si5
a bull market (as opposed to 熊市)
鬼市gwai2 si5
black market, illegal trading center (usually opened at dusk)
中央市場zung1 joeng1 si5 coeng4
Central Market
頂爛市ding2 laan6 si5
to drive down the market; to spoil everyone's business by offering very low prices; to ruin the market with cut-throat competition
集市zaap6 si5
market; fair (fayre); marketplace | [粵]: 圩市
傳統街市cyun4 tung2 gaai1 si5
traditional wet markets (street markets)
市民si5 man4
the residents of a city; citizens; townsfolk.

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