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商场

shāng chǎng · shang chang

Traditional 商場

HSK 1Measure word: 家 jiā

Meaning

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  1. shopping mall
  2. shopping center
  3. department store
  4. emporium
  5. the business world
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A bookshop in the mall

  1. Dengdeng

    商场(shāngchǎng)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)一家(yījiā)新(xīn)的(de)书店(shūdiàn)。

    There is a new bookshop in the mall.

  2. Liangliang

    商场(shāngchǎng)里(lǐ)不是(bùshì)只有(zhǐyǒu)衣服(yīfu)吗(ma)？

    Does the mall not only have clothes?

  3. Dengdeng

    现在(xiànzài)商场(shāngchǎng)里(lǐ)什么(shénme)都(dōu)有(yǒu)，还有(háiyǒu)电影院(diànyǐngyuàn)。

    Now the mall has everything, even a cinema.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)周末(zhōumò)就(jiù)去(qù)商场(shāngchǎng)吧(ba)。

    Then let us go to the mall this weekend.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我们(wǒmen)只是(zhǐshì)去(qù)看(kàn)书(shū)。

    Okay, we are only going to read books.

  6. Liangliang

    出来(chūlái)的(de)时候(shíhou)，手里(shǒulǐ)一定(yīdìng)还有(háiyǒu)一杯(yībēi)咖啡(kāfēi)。

    When we come out, there will surely be a coffee in our hands.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

找(zhǎo)个(ge)学(xué)校(xiào)附(fù)近(jìn)的(de)商(shāng)场(chǎng)。

Find a mall near the school.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)以(yǐ)前(qián)经(jīng)营(yíng)一(yì)家(jiā)在(zài)商(shāng)场(chǎng)里(lǐ)的(de)小(xiǎo)书(shū)店(diàn)。

I used to run a small bookstore in a shopping centre.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by ferra · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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商
shāng

commerce; merchant

场
chǎng

large place used for a specific purpose; stage

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