市区
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
市区 (shìqū) · city center
市区 (shìqū) means “city center; downtown; urban area”. It is written with 2 characters: 市 (city) + 区 (area). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 市区 is built
The characters
市 shì · city
What 市 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
区 qū · area
What 区 is made of
- 匸xì — box
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A place 匸 under a lord's control 乂 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我家离市区不远。Wǒ jiā lí shìqū bù yuǎn.My home is not far from downtown.
坐几路车去市区？Zuò jǐ lù chē qù shìqū?Which bus goes to the city center?
Questions about 市区
What does 市区 mean?
市区 (shìqū) means “city center; downtown; urban area”.
How do you pronounce 市区?
市区 is pronounced shìqū.
Which HSK level is 市区?
市区 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 超市chāoshìsupermarket
- 市长shìzhǎngmayor
- 城市chéngshìcity
- 市场shìchǎngmarket
- 市shìcity
- 地区dìqūregion
- 区别qūbiédifference
- 郊区jiāoqūsuburbs
- 区分qūfēnto distinguish
- 区域qūyùarea
Learn 市区 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.