shì qū 
		urban district
downtown
city center
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			shì chǎng 
		marketplace
market (also in abstract)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Běi jīng Shì 
		Beijing
capital of People's Republic of China
one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhi2 xia2 shi4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shàng hǎi shì 
		Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shēn zhèn shì 
		Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shàng shì 
		to hit the market (of a new product)
to float (a company on the stock market)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tái běi shì 
		Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tái běi shì 
		Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Guǎng zhōu shì 
		Guangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Guangdong
Canton
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shì zhèng fǔ 
		city hall
city government
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chāo shì 
		supermarket
abbr. for 超級市場|超级市场
CL:家[jia1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sì rì shì 
		Yokaichi City in Mi'e prefecture 三重縣|三重县[San1 chong2 xian4], Japan
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhí xiá shì 
		municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision
province level city
also called directly governed city
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Tiān jīn shì 
		Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			nào shì 
		downtown area
city center
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			miàn shì 
		to hit the market (of a new product)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Wǔ hàn shì 
		Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xióng shì 
		bear market (i.e. period of falling share prices)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			niú shì 
		bull market (i.e. period of rising share prices)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Zhèng zhōu shì 
		Zhengzhou prefecture level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dōng guǎn shì 
		Dongguan prefecture level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 sheng3]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Jǐ nán shì 
		Ji'nan subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng shā shì 
		Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Cháng chūn shì 
		Changchun subprovincial city and capital of Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Xià mén shì 
		Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian
also known as Amoy
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hā ěr bīn shì 
		Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China