超市

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 (Jyutping): ciu¹ si⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhêu-sṳ
• Min Dong (BUC): chiĕu-chê
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiau-chhī
• Wu (Wiktionary): tshau zr (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chāoshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ ㄕˋ
    • 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: /t͡sʰeu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕu-chê
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒɛi²⁴²/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tshau zr (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔ⁵⁵ z̻z̩²¹/

Noun

超市

1. 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