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街市

jiēshì
noun #33,785

Meanings

  1. 1 downtown shopping district; commercial street
  2. 2 (Cantonese / Hong Kong usage) wet market — fresh meat, fish and vegetable market

Examples

周末的街市特别热闹。
Zhōumò de jiēshì tèbié rènào.
The downtown market is especially lively on weekends.
她每天清早去街市买菜。
Tā měitiān qīngzǎo qù jiēshì mǎi cài.
She goes to the wet market every morning to buy groceries.

Tips

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In Mainland Mandarin 街市 sounds slightly literary and means "streets and shops, downtown." In Hong Kong and Cantonese-speaking regions, 街市 (gaai1 si5) specifically means a wet market — the daily-shopping place for fresh produce — and is by far the more common everyday meaning there.
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Hong Kong's public 街市 buildings (公众街市), often designed with louvered facades and tile floors, were built by the Urban Council from the 1950s onward — a defining piece of the city's food culture and architectural identity.

Stroke Order

街 jiē
市 shì