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Mythic Mandarin

上市 (shàng shì): meaning and stroke order

上市 (shàng shì) means to hit the market (of a new product), to float (a company on the stock market).

上市

Simplified
上市
Traditional
上市 (same form)
Pinyin
shàng shì

Stroke order of 上市

上

  • shǎng used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
  • shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

市

  • shì market; city
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 上市

  1. shàng shì
    • to hit the market (of a new product)
    • to float (a company on the stock market)

Radicals of the characters

上
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes
市
Radical 巾 (Kangxi radical 50) · 5 strokes · 亠 on top, 巾 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

上市 in our stories

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  • 钟远坚持产品要慢慢打磨，苗立却认为，市场不等人，必须抢在对手前面上市。

    Zhōng Yuǎn jiānchí chǎnpǐn yào mànmàn dǎmó Miáo Lì què rènwéi shìchǎng bù děng rén bìxū qiǎng zài duìshǒu qiánmiàn shàngshì

    Zhong Yuan insisted the product needed careful polishing; Miao Li believed the market waits for no one and they had to go public before their rivals.

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 上市

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).