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街市

Mandarin · pinyin jiē shì

downtown area
commercial district
(chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc

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街: jiē · street, road, thoroughfare
市: shì · market, fair; city, town; trade

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1–4 · jie1 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaai1 si5

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noun

street where many stores are located; downtown area
(Cantonese, Teochew) food market; street market; wet market
(Teochew) society; public; the world

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