三市

sānshì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 three cities (collective reference, used in regional-planning and news contexts to group neighbouring prefecture-level cities)

Examples

HSK 6
Sānshì jiāng liánhé jǔbàn jīngjì hézuò lùntán.
The three cities will jointly host an economic cooperation forum.
HSK 6
Bàogào fùgài le běn shěng sānshì liǎng xiàn.
The report covers three cities and two counties in this province.

Tips

usage
A placeholder-style collective noun. In Chinese news you will often see 三市/四市/五市 referring to whichever adjacent prefectures are under discussion. The specific cities are named in context rather than fixed.

Stroke Order

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