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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

三市将联合举办经济合作论坛。
Sānshì jiāng liánhé jǔbàn jīngjì hézuò lùntán.
The three cities will jointly host an economic cooperation forum.
报告覆盖了本省三市两县。
Bàogào fùgàile běn shěng sānshì liǎng xiàn.
The report covers three cities and two counties in this province.

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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

三 sān
市 shì