市面

shìmiàn

noun #21,073

Meanings

1 the marketplace
2 the market
3 the commercial world

Characters

surface / face / aspect

Examples

HSK 4

这种商品市面上已经很难找到了。

Zhè zhǒng shāngpǐn shìmiàn shàng yǐjīng hěn nán zhǎodào le.

This kind of product is now very hard to find on the market.

HSK 6

市面上出现了很多新款手机。

Shìmiàn shàng chūxiàn le hěnduō xīnkuǎn shǒujī.

Many new phone models have appeared on the market.

Tips

usage

市面 typically pairs with 上 in the phrase 市面上 (on the market). It refers broadly to what is commercially available or circulating in the general market, not a specific marketplace or store.

Stroke Order

市 shì

面 miàn