Chinese

超市

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
supermarket (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间 c)
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 3

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Origin

Short for 超級市場／超级市场 (chāojí shìchǎng).

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Lineage

  • characterChinese超 “to jump over; to leap over”
    • meaningChinese走 “to go; to walk; to go on foot”
    • soundChinese召 “imperial decree”
      • soundChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”
      • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese市 “city; town”
    • meaningChinese兮 “Sentence-internal or final exclamatory particle.”
    • soundChinese之 “to go”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”

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