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超市

chāo shì

HSK 2 · word 557 of 3,000

Meaning

supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)

Measure word

家 jiā

Example sentence

去了超市。

qù le chāo shì

I went to the supermarket.

Characters in 超市

超 chāo to exceed, to surpass; super-
市 shì market

超 to exceed plus 市 market — a clipping of 超级市场, super market, with the middle dropped.

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