超市

Chinese

		to exceed; overtake; surpass to exceed; overtake; surpass; transcend; ultra-; super-; to pass; to cross	market; city
simp. and trad. (超市)		超	市

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chāoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹ si⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhêu-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): chhiau-chhī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chāoshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaushyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ciu¹ si⁵
  - Yale: chīu síh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹ si⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹ xi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ siː¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhêu-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ceu´ sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ceu¹ si⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sʰe̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau-chhī
  - Tâi-lô: tshiau-tshī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiauchi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaʊ³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi³³/

Noun

超市

supermarket

Usage notes

Often refers to what would be considered a grocery or corner store in English-speaking countries.

Descendants

→ Zhuang: cauhsi
Vietnamese: siêu thị

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