Dictionary/街市

街市

jiē shì

ㄐㄧㄝ ㄕˋ
N
1downtown area
2commercial district
3(chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc

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街市

Example

tā他zài在jiē shì街市mài卖yú鱼mài卖le了xǔ许duō nián多年le了，zhè这xiē些nián年lái来měi féng每逢xīng qī星期èr二dōu都huì会zài在jiē shì街市jiàn见dào到tā他。
他在街市卖鱼卖了许多年了，这些年来每逢星期二都会在街市见到他。
For years he has been at the market every Tuesday morning with his fish stall.