# 菜市场 (càishìchǎng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 菜市场 (càishìchǎng) means “food market; wet market”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: food market; wet market
- Pinyin: càishìchǎng (cai4 shi4 chang3)
- Traditional: 菜市場
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 奶奶每天早上都去菜市场买菜。
  Nǎinai měitiān zǎoshang dōu qù càishìchǎng mǎi cài.
  Grandma goes to the food market every morning to buy vegetables.

## Characters

- [菜](https://hanziro.com/word/cai-vegetable/) (cài): vegetable; dish (of food)
- [市](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-city/) (shì): city; municipality
- [场](https://hanziro.com/word/chang-place-venue/) (chǎng): place, venue; (measure word) for shows

https://hanziro.com/word/cai-shi-chang-food-market/

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