市 shì
“market; city”
noun2021 list level 2Measure word 个
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
市 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 833: 市 shì — Level 3; official annotation 3 (名). PDF page 100
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 市
市 means 'city' and is mainly used in administrative names and fixed compounds such as 北京市, 全市, 市中心, 市区 and 超市; for a city in general speech, learners usually say 城市. It also appears in 市场 'market'.
例句Example sentences
- 我家离市中心很近，走路十分钟就到。wǒ jiā lí shì zhōng xīn hěn jìn, zǒu lù shí fēn zhōng jiù dào.My home is very close to the city centre — about a ten-minute walk.
- 全市的中小学明天都放假。quán shì de zhōng xiǎo xué míng tiān dōu fàng jià.All primary and secondary schools across the city are off tomorrow.
- 这家超市晚上十点关门。zhè jiā chāo shì wǎn shàng shí diǎn guān mén.This supermarket closes at ten at night.
易混词Easily confused
市vs城市
城市 is the ordinary free-standing noun for 'city' and is what you use in conversation (一个美丽的海滨城市); 市 is mostly bound in names, compounds and administrative terms (北京市、全市、市中心).