shì = sh + Ø4
market / city / CL:個|个[ge4]
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How to pronounce 市

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

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+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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市 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
tóu = t + ou2
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
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jīn = ji + (e)n1
towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50
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Characters with 市 as component

nào = n + ao4
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
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shì = sh + Ø4
cerium (chemistry)
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Words with 市

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appearance of a city
to close the market (for the day) / to close (a market, shop etc) for business

Sentences with 市

市 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shì

market / city / CL:個|个[ge4]

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