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夜市 (yè shì) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 5

夜市 (yè shì) is a Chinese word: night market. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 夜市

名 míng noun

night market

我喜欢去夜市吃小吃。

wǒ xǐ huan qù yè shì chī xiǎo chī

I like going to night markets to eat snacks.

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Word breakdown

夜 yè — night (indicates the time when the market operates)

市 shì — market (indicates the type of place)

Structure & writing
1 夜 yè — night (from dusk to dawn), opposite of '日'/'昼'
夜 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.2 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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Stroke order

2 市 shì — marketplace; place for trading
市 is a component in 2 characters

consists of

2.2 巾 jīn — cloth used for wiping, wrapping, or covering things
巾 is a component in 26 characters
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