商贸城

商貿城

shāngmàochéng

noun

Measure Word

一座商贸城 zuò

Meanings

1 wholesale market complex
2 trade city
3 commerce mall

Characters

commerce, trade

city, large complex

Examples

HSK 1

商贸城里什么都能买到。

Shāngmàochéng lǐ shénme dōu néng mǎi dào.

You can buy anything inside the wholesale complex.

HSK 7-9

义乌国际商贸城是世界最大的小商品批发市场。

Yìwū guójì shāngmàochéng shì shìjiè zuì dà de xiǎo shāngpǐn pīfā shìchǎng.

Yiwu International Trade City is the world's largest wholesale market for small commodities.

Tips

culture

商贸城 is a distinctively Chinese retail category: huge multi-floor bazaar buildings stuffed with tiny wholesale stalls, each specialized (one floor of buttons, one of sneakers, etc.). The archetype is Yiwu's 国际商贸城 - 75,000+ stalls on ~5 million m² - which supplies global small-goods chains.

Stroke Order

商 shāng

贸 mào

城 chéng