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Supermarket in Chinese

supermarket (short for 超级市场) · HSK 1

超市 chāo shì

  1. 超 chāo to exceed
  2. 市 shì city

Counted with 家: 一家超市 yì jiā chāoshì

我去超市买点水果。 I'm going to the supermarket to buy some fruit.

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How do you say supermarket in Chinese?

Supermarket in Chinese is 超市 (chāo shì).

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