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).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 超市

1. supermarket

   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.

Usage notes

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (超市):

• → Vietnamese: siêu thị (超市)

Others:

• → Zhuang: cauhsi