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): ㄔㄠ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ciu¹ si⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciau¹ si⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhêu-sṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiĕu-chê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiau-chhī / chhiau-chhǐ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiao³ ci⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshau-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaoshìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: chāu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaushyh
    • Palladius: чаоши (čaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu¹ si⁵
    • Yale: chīu síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵ siː¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ciau¹ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiau³³ si²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhêu-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ceu´ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ceu¹ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕu-chê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau-chhī
    • Tâi-lô: tshiau-tshī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiauchi
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Hui'an)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau-chhǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiau-tshǐ
    • IPA (Hui'an): /t͡sʰiau³³ t͡sʰi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiao³ ci⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiàu tshĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰi³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tshau-zy
    • MiniDict: tshau^平 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshau-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵ zz̩²¹/

Noun

超市

1. supermarket (Classifier: 家 m; 間／间 c)

   他替我去了趟超市。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā tì wǒ qù le tàng chāoshì. [Pinyin]

   He went to the supermarket for me.

   我成日去呢間超市買水果。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我成日去呢间超市买水果。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶ heoi³ ne¹ gaan¹ ciu¹ si⁵ maai⁵ seoi² gwo². [Jyutping]

   I often go to this supermarket to buy fruits.

   這附近敢有超市？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   这附近敢有超市？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Che hù-kīn kám ū chhiau-chhī? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Is there a supermarket nearby?

Usage notes

On the Chinese mainland, often refers to what would be considered a grocery or corner store in English-speaking countries.

Synonyms

• 自選商場／自选商场 (zìxuǎn shāngchǎng)
• 超商 (chāoshāng)
• 超級市場／超级市场 (chāojí shìchǎng)

 

Derived terms

• 亞超／亚超 (yàchāo)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (超市):

• → Vietnamese: siêu thị (超市)

Others:

• → Zhuang: cauhsi

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
超	市

Noun

超市

1. chữ Hán form of siêu thị (“supermarket”).