黑市

Chinese

		black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)	market; city
simp. and trad. (黑市)		黑	市

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hēishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄟ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ si⁵, haak¹ si⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hêd⁵ si⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): heh⁴ si³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hēishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄟ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: heishìh
    • Wade–Giles: hei¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: hēi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heishyh
    • Palladius: хэйши (xɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xeɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ si⁵, haak¹ si⁵
    • Yale: hāk síh, hāak síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ si⁵, haak⁷ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ xi⁵, hag¹ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ siː¹³/, /haːk̚⁵ siː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hêd⁵ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hɛt̚¹ sz̩⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: heh⁴ si³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəʔ² sz̩⁴⁵/

Noun

黑市

1. black market; illicit market; under the counter business

   黑市拳賽／黑市拳赛  ―  hēishì quánsài  ―  black-market boxing competition

   戰爭期間他們在黑市上買食物。 [MSC, trad.]
   战争期间他们在黑市上买食物。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhànzhēng qījiān tāmen zài hēishì shàng mǎi shíwù. [Pinyin]

   During the war they bought food on the black market.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 烏市 (o͘-chhī)