市场

市场 shìchǎng

Market

市场 in a sentence HSK 5 繁體 市場 shichang

What 市场 means

  1. Market

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Character by character

市场 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

市
shì
Market (city)
场
chǎng
Ground (mw for illness or war or performances)

How to write 市场

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市场 in a sentence

妈妈去市场买菜了。
Māma qù shìchǎng mǎi cài le.
Mother went to the market to buy food.
这个产品的市场很大。
Zhège chǎnpǐn de shìchǎng hěn dà.
There is a big market for this product.

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Sounds the same as 市场

These are also written shichang without tone marks. Tones and context are what keep them apart — which is why the tone is part of the word, not an accent on it.

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Questions about 市场

What does 市场 mean in English?

市场 is pronounced shìchǎng and means Market.

How do you pronounce 市场?

市场 is shìchǎng in pinyin — written shichang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 市场?

市场 is written with 2 characters: 市 (shì) Market (city), 场 (chǎng) Ground (mw for illness or war or performances). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 市场 written in traditional Chinese?

市場. The simplified form 市场 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 市場 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced shìchǎng.

Is 市场 an HSK word?

Yes — 市场 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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