HSK 5 · Money

市场 shìchǎng “marketplace” in Chinese

Traditional 市場

What 市场 means

  1. marketplace
  2. market (also in abstract)
  3. market
  4. bazaar
  5. (economics) market

How to say 市场

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale市shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale场chǎng3rd tone, dipping

市场 in a sentence

  1. 我们在市场上买了些蔬菜和鱼。

    Wǒmen zài shìchǎng shàng mǎi le xiē shūcài hé yú.

    We bought some vegetables and fish at the market.

    Sentence #609957 from Tatoeba

  2. 市场上到处都很热闹。

    Shìchǎng shàng dàochù dōu hěn rènao.

    The whole market is buzzing with life.

    Sentence #2141833 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 中国是一个新兴市场。

    Zhōngguó shì yí ge xīnxīng shìchǎng.

    China is an emerging market.

    Sentence #813639 from Tatoeba

How 市场 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 市 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
市shìmarket
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 巾napkin · jīn
The character 场 (chǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 勿must not · wù

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǎng.

Memory aidEarth 土 gives the meaning: an open piece of ground.

How to write 市场

市 5 strokes · 场 6 strokes

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

Words related to 市场

Words with 市

市shì · city超市chāoshì · supermarket城市chéngshì · city or town

Words with 场

机场jīchǎng · airport商场shāngchǎng · shopping mall球场qiúchǎng · (sports) court场chǎng · measure word for events: a spell (of rain)广场guǎngchǎng · public square操场cāochǎng · playground当场dāngchǎng · on the spot场所chǎngsuǒ · place现场xiànchǎng · scene场合chǎnghé · occasion

More words: Money & Economy

欠qiàn · to owe人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)商品shāngpǐn · commodity商务shāngwù · business税shuì · taxes损失sǔnshī · loss讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain投入tóurù · to put in

FAQs

市场 (shìchǎng) means “marketplace” or “market (also in abstract)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shìchǎng: shì with a 4th tone, then chǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 市场 is written 市場. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shichang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 市场 from the suggestions. Typing shichang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
市场 is an HSK 5 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.