超市

Character by character

• 超chāo12 strokesHSK 2jump over, leap over; surpass
• 市shì5 strokesHSK 2market, fair; city, town; trade

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Example sentences

• 去了超市。

  Qù le chāo shì

  I went to the supermarket.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 超市. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 城市chéng shìHSK 3

  city; town

• 超chāoHSK 6

  to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-

• 市shìHSK 2

  market; city

• 超过chāo guòHSK 2

  to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip

• 市场shì chǎngHSK 3

  marketplace; market (also in abstract)

• 超级chāo jíHSK 3

  super-; ultra-; hyper-

• 市民shì mínHSK 6

  city resident

• 市长shì zhǎngHSK 2

  mayor

• 超越chāo yuèHSK 5

  to surpass; to exceed; to transcend

• 上市shàng shìHSK 6

  to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)

• 市区shì qūHSK 4

  urban district; downtown; city center

• 超出chāo chūHSK 6

  to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach

• 都市dū shìHSK 6

  city; metropolis

• 股市gǔ shìHSK 7

  stock market

• 超速chāo sùHSK 7

  to exceed the speed limit; to speed; high-speed

• 高超gāo chāoHSK 7

  excellent; superlative

• 超标chāo biāoHSK 7

  to cross the limit; to be over the accepted norm; excessive

• 超前chāo qiánHSK 7

  to be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack; to take the lead; advanced

• 市场经济shì chǎng jīng jìHSK 7

  market economy

• 超车chāo chēHSK 7

  to overtake (another car)

• 菜市场cài shì chǎngHSK 7

  food market

• 夜市yè shìHSK 7

  night market