市区 (市區)
shì qū
Pinyin

Definition

市区 (市區)
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shì qū
  1. urban district
  2. downtown
  3. city center

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
市区
shì qū
  1. 1 urban district
  2. 2 downtown
  3. 3 city center
市场
shì chǎng
  1. 1 marketplace
  2. 2 market (also in abstract)
市民
shì mín
  1. 1 city resident
超市
chāo shì
  1. 1 supermarket
  2. 2 abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
  3. 3 classifier: 家 jiā

Idioms (4)

偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
  1. 1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
门庭若市
mén tíng ruò shì
  1. 1 front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
  2. 2 a place with many visitors

Sample Sentences

刚刚在市区街道中间，还觉得拥挤嘈杂，不到两小时，上了船，来到这大河之上，整个心情都开阔了。
gānggāng zài shìqū jiēdào zhōngjiān ，hái juéde yōngjǐ cáozá ，bùdào liǎng xiǎoshí ，shàng le chuán ，láidào zhè dà hé zhī shàng ，zhěnggè xīnqíng dōu kāikuò le 。
Just now in the streets of the town, I thought it was noisy and overcrowded, but getting on the boat, on to the surface of this large river, I've completely opened up.
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又想要大房子，又想要附近的交通方便。鱼与熊掌不可兼得，只能选择一个。所以想住大房子，就得住郊区。住小房子，就可以住在市区，但是就比较贵。
yòu xiǎngyào dà fángzi ，yòu xiǎngyào fùjìn de jiāotōng fāngbiàn 。yúyǔxióngzhǎngbùkějiāndé ，zhǐnéng xuǎnzé yī ge 。suǒyǐ xiǎng zhù dà fángzi ，jiù děi zhù jiāoqū 。zhù xiǎo fángzi ，jiù kěyǐ zhù zài shìqū ，dànshì jiù bǐjiào guì 。
You want a big house and also convenient transportation. You cannot have it both ways. You can only choose one. So if you want a big house,  you have to live in the suburbs. If you choose a small one, you can live downtown, but it’s more expensive.
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噢。我还以为在很远的地方呢，没想到就在市区。
ō 。wǒ hái yǐwéi zài hěn yuǎn de dìfang ne ，méixiǎngdào jiù zài shìqū 。
I thought it would be really far away. I had no idea it was downtown.
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能帮帮我们吗？我们要去市区，可是钱包掉了。能不能搭一下你的车？
néng bāng bang wǒmen ma ？wǒmen yào qù shìqū ，kěshì qiánbāo diào le 。néng bu néng dā yīxià nǐ de chē ？
Can you help us out? We need to go downtown, but we lost our wallets. Can you give us a ride in your car?
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哎呀，真不巧，我不去市区。再见啊，美女！
āiyā ，zhēn bù qiǎo ，wǒ bù qù shìqū 。zàijiàn a ，měinǚ ！
Oh, that's unfortunate. I'm not going downtown. See ya, pretty lady!
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说的对。那等逛完市区，我就带他去亲眼看看《碟中碟3》中西塘的美景吧，也让他好好体会下中国小镇老式建筑的特色！
shuō de duì 。nà děng guàngwán shìqū ，wǒ jiù dài tā qù qīnyǎn kànkan 《Diézhōngdié sān 》zhōng Xītáng de měijǐng ba ，yě ràng tā hǎohāo tǐhuì xià Zhōngguó xiǎozhèn lǎoshì jiànzhù de tèsè ！
You're right. Well, after we've strolled around downtown, I'll take him to see the beautiful scenery from ''Mission Impossible 3" with his own eyes, and let him experience for himself the distinctive old-style architecture of China's small towns!
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爸，您说的这些我都有，而且我这个是卫星定位的。屏幕一按，整个市区电子警察的位置都看得一清二楚。
bà ，nín shuō de zhèxiē wǒ dōu yǒu ，érqiě wǒ zhè ge shì wèixīng dìngwèi de 。píngmù yī àn ，zhěnggè shìqū diànzǐ jǐngchá de wèizhi dōu kàn de yīqīngèrchǔ 。
Dad, all this stuff you've mentioned, I've got it all. Also, mine is satellite oriented. Just touch the screen and you can see the locations of electronic policing devices throughout the entire city really clearly.
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我有两个房子，一个在市区，另外一个在海边。
wǒ yǒu liǎng ge fángzi ，yī ge zài shìqū ，lìngwài yī ge zài hǎibiān 。
I have two houses. One is in the city and the other one is on the beach.
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你傻啊？那么一点钱，离市区那么远的房子，我才不要呢。你看，重庆最牛的钉子户，就是不搬，跟你拼到底，最后拿到的补偿比别人好多了。
nǐ shǎ a ？nàme yīdiǎn qián ，lí shìqū nàme yuǎn de fángzi ，wǒ cái bùyào ne 。nǐ kàn ，Chóngqìng zuì niú de dīngzihù ，jiùshì bù bān ，gēn nǐ pīndàodǐ ，zuìhòu nádào de bǔcháng bǐ biéren hǎo duōle 。
Are you stupid? Such a small amount of money, a house so far from the city center-- that I definitely don't want. Look at the most stubborn relocation rebel in Chongqing. He just plain wouldn't move -- he fought until the bitter end. In the end, the compensation he received was much better than what others got.
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要车吗？去市区，不用排队。
yào chē ma ？qù shìqū ，bùyòng páiduì 。
Do you need a ride? I'll take you downtown. You don't need to wait in line.
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