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市: market; city

市 shì

noun
: market
: city; municipality
: standard system of weights and measures

Kun Reading

市 | いち ichi

noun
: market; fair

On Reading

市 | し shi

noun | noun suffix
: city

Usage:

市場[场] shi4chang3: marketplace; market (also in abstract)
[市場 | いちば ichiba: (town) market
: (the) marketplace]

金融市場 [金融市场] jin1 rong2 shi4 chang3:financial market
[金融市場 | きんゆうしじょう kinyuu shijou: money market; financial market]

 
自由市場 [自由市场] zi4 you2 shi4 chang3: free market
[自由市場 | じゆうしじょう jiyuu shijou: free market]

 
強気市場 | つよきしじょう tsuyoki shijou: bull market
弱気市場 | よわきいちば yowaki ichiba: bear market

 
牛市 niu2shi4: bull market OR 升市 sheng1shi4: rising prices; bull market
熊市 xiong2shi4: bear market OR 跌市 die1shi4: falling stock prices; bear market

市長[长] shi4zhang3: mayor
[市長 | しちょう shichou: mayor]
市民 shi4min2: city resident
[しみん shimin: citizen; townspeople]
市區[区] shi4qu1: urban district; downtown; city center
[市区 | しく shiku: municipal district; streets]
市立 shi4li4: municipal; city; city-run
[しりつ shiritsu: municipal; city]
城市 cheng2shi4: city; town
[じょうし joushi: castle town; fortified town]

奧運城市 [奥运城市] ao4 yun4 cheng2 shi4: Olympic city

超市 chao1shi4: supermarket

超級市場 [超级市场] chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3: supermarket
農貿市場 [农贸市场] nong2 mao4 shi4 chang3: farmer’s market

都市 du1shi4: city; metropolis
[とし toshi: town; city; municipal; urban]

大都市地區 [大都市地区] da4 du1 shi4 di4 qu1: metropolitan area
都市美型男 du1 shi4 mei3 xing2 nan2: metro sexual

上市 shang4shi4: to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)
[じょうし joushi:going on the market; placing on the market]

上市公司 shang4 shi4 gong1 si1: listed company

夜市 ye4shi4: night market
[よいち yoichi: night market]



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*門前成市 | もんぜんせいし monzen seishi
: (yoji) having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers

市に虎あり | いちにとらあり ichi ni tora ari
: people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there’s a tiger in the market

中心市街地 | ちゅうしんしがいち chuushinshigaichi
: city center; inner city; town center



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
偶語棄市 [偶语弃市] ou3 yu3 qi4 shi4
: chance remarks can lead to public execution

招搖過市 [招摇过市] zhao1 yao2 guo4 shi4
: to parade oneself ostentatiously about town

綁赴市曹 [绑赴市曹] bang3 fu4 shi4 cao2
: to bind up and take to the market; to take a prisoner to the town center for execution

*門庭若市 [门庭若市] men2 ting2 ruo4 shi4
: front yard as busy as a marketplace; a place with many visitors

Etymology:
市 shi4: market, fair; city, town; trade =
亠 tou2: head radical 8 +
jin1: kerchief; towel; turban; radical 50



 Look-alike:

[币] bi4

: money; coins; currency; silk
[kun: ぬさ nusa. on: へい hei]


za1

: to go round, to make a circuit, to make a revolution, to turn round
[on: キョウ kyou, ソウ sou] semantic: 匝 za1


bu4

: cotton cloth, textiles, linen | to announce; to spread
[kun: ぬの nuno, しく shiku. on: の no, ふ fu]



Examples:

例えば、大阪はサンフランシスコの姉妹都市です。
たとえば、おおさかはサンフランシスコのしまいとしです tatoeba, oosaka wa san furanshisuko no shimai toshi desu
For example, Osaka is the sister city of San Francisco.

 
台北的夜市很熱鬧也很多好吃的食物。
tai2bei3 de ye4shi4 hen3 re nao ye3 hen3 duo1 hao3chi1 de shi2wu4
Taipei’s night market is bustling with energy and has a lot of good eats.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary