# 市区 (shìqū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 市区 (shìqū) means “downtown; city center; urban area”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: downtown; city center; urban area
- Pinyin: shìqū (shi4 qu1)
- Traditional: 市區
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 他在市区的医院工作。
  Tā zài shìqū de yīyuàn gōngzuò.
  He works in a hospital downtown.

## Characters

- [市](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-city/) (shì): city; municipality
- [区](https://hanziro.com/word/qu-district/) (qū): district; area

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-qu-downtown/

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