shì chǎng
marché
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我去市场买菜。
Wǒ qù shìchǎng mǎi cài.
I went to the market to buy vegetables.
这个市场的水果很便宜。
Zhège shìchǎng de shuǐguǒ hěn piányi.
The fruits in this market are very cheap.
我在市场上买了一件衣服。
Wǒ zài shìchǎng shàng mǎile yī jiàn yīfu.
I bought a piece of clothing at the market.
市集 (shìjí)
market
商场 (shāngchǎng)
shopping mall
乡村 (xiāngcūn)
countryside
农村 (nóngcūn)
rural area
The Chinese word 市场 (shìchǎng) for "market" is composed of two characters: 市 (shì), meaning "market, city," and 场 (chǎng), meaning "place, field." The character 市 originally depicted a person standing under a roof, representing a marketplace. Over time, the character evolved to its current form, which still retains the basic shape of a person under a roof. The character 场 originally depicted a piece of land divided into squares, representing a field or marketplace. Over time, the character evolved to its current form, which still retains the basic shape of a divided field. When combined, the two characters 市 and 场 form the word 市场, which refers to a place where goods are bought and sold, or more broadly, to the economic system in which goods and services are exchanged.
