shì

market

city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods

canopy (亠) + cloth (巾) = market stall

古代的市場常用布匹交易,一塊布掛在攤位上就是市集的象徵。The cover or lid shape on top may suggest a canopy sheltering the cloth stall below.

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Words with 市

临夏市

lín xià shì

Linxia, a county-level city in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu

临江市

lín jiāng shì

Linjiang, a county-level city in Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin

通化市

tōng huà shì

Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

连州市

lián zhōu shì

Lianzhou, a county-level city in Qingyuan City 清遠市|清远市[Qing1 yuan3 Shi4], Guangdong

连云港市

lián yún gǎng shì

Lianyungang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

遂宁市

suì níng shì

Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

运城市

yùn chéng shì

Yuncheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]

临汾市

lín fén shì

Linfen, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]

达州市

dá zhōu shì

Dazhou, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

长垣市

cháng yuán shì

Changyuan, a county-level city in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan

遵化市

zūn huà shì

Zunhua, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 Shi4], Hebei

遵义市

zūn yì shì

Zunyi, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省[Gui4 zhou1 Sheng3]

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