HSK 3 · Places

超市 chāoshì “supermarket” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 超市 means

  1. supermarket
  2. supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)

Measure word 家 jiā · 一家超市 yì jiā chāoshì

How to say 超市

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale超chāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale市shì4th tone, falling

超市 in a sentence

  1. 这里附近有超市吗？

    Zhèlǐ fùjìn yǒu chāoshì ma?

    Is there a supermarket nearby?

    Sentence #10109526 from Tatoeba

  2. 既然你要去超市，那就顺便买些鸡蛋吧。

    Jìrán nǐ yào qù chāoshì, nà jiù shùnbiàn mǎi xiē jīdàn ba.

    Since you’re going to the supermarket, buy some eggs while you’re there.

    Sentence #406186 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个女孩在超市买牛奶。

    Zhè ge nǚhái zài chāoshì mǎi niúnǎi.

    This girl is buying milk at the supermarket.

    Sentence #10198208 from Tatoeba

How 超市 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 超 (chāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
超chāoto exceed
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 召imperial decree · zhàoSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 召 (zhào) hints at the sound. Compare it with chāo.

The character 市 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
市shìmarket
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 巾napkin · jīn

How to write 超市

超 12 strokes · 市 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

超市 (chāoshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 超市 (chāoshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 超市

Words with 超

超过chāoguò · to surpass超级chāojí · super超越chāoyuè · to surpass高超gāochāo · superb

Words with 市

市shì · city城市chéngshì · city or town市场shìchǎng · marketplace

More words: Places & Directions

右边yòubian · right side左边zuǒbian · left side办公室bàngōngshì · office北方běifāng · north城市chéngshì · city or town地方dìfang · place地铁dìtiě · subway地图dìtú · map

FAQs

超市 (chāoshì) means “supermarket” or “supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it chāoshì: chāo with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 超市 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 家 (jiā). For example, one supermarket is 一家超市 (yì jiā chāoshì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chaoshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 超市 from the suggestions. Typing chaoshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
超市 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.