| 市场 | shì chǎng | marketplace; market (also in abstract) |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 武汉市 | wǔ hàn shì | Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province |
| 直辖市 | zhí xiá shì | municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision; province level city |
| 市长 | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 全市 | quán shì | whole city |
| 市民 | shì mín | city resident |
| 北京市 | běi jīng shì | Beijing; capital of People's Republic of China |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 市区 | shì qū | urban district; downtown |
| 县市 | xiàn shì | |
| 南京市 | nán jīng shì | Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods |