商场

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HSK 3.0 Level 2 Noun Common

Definitions

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

Word relationships

Register variants

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• 百货商店 bǎi huò shāng diàn 百货商店 bǎi huò shāng diàn department store 百货商店 is a more formal term for a department store, often used in official names, while 商场 is the common term for a shopping mall.: department store

Related words

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• 市场 shì chǎng 市场 shì chǎng marketplace Both are commercial places; 市场 is a market, often open-air or food-focused, while 商场 is an indoor shopping complex.: marketplace
• 购物中心 gòu wù zhōng xīn 购物中心 gòu wù zhōng xīn shopping center 购物中心 is another term for a shopping center or mall, often used in names of large malls.: shopping center

Usage notes

Collocations

逛商场 (guàng shāngchǎng) means 'to go shopping at the mall'.

Formality

商场 is the everyday word for 'mall'; 百货商店 is more formal and refers specifically to a department store.

Example Sentences

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商场 在促销，很多东西都打折。

The mall is having a sales promotion; many things are on sale.

这家 商场 新开了一个进口化妆品专柜。

This department store has opened a new imported cosmetics counter.

节假日期间， 商场 的客流很大。

During holidays, the customer flow in the mall is very large.

我们周末去逛 商场 。

We go shopping at the mall on weekends.

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Child Words of 商场

• 场 场 cháng: threshing floor
• 场 场 chǎng: large place used for a specific purpose
• 商 商 shāng: commerce