鬧市

闹市
nàoshì
  1. downtown area
  2. city center

CEDICT

busy shopping center; downtown area; busy market

Wiktionary

  1. 繁華熱鬧的街市。
  2. 雲陽鬧市的省稱，宋元時相傳的殺人場。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 鬧 nào
  1. noisy
  2. cacophonous
  3. to make noise
  4. to disturb
  5. to vent (feelings)
  6. to fall ill
  7. to have an attack (of sickness)
  8. to go in (for some activity)
  9. to joke
2 市 shì
  1. market
  2. city
  3. municipality (administrative unit)
  4. (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods

Containing this entry

窮在鬧市無人問，富在深山有遠親 qióngzàinàoshìwúrénwèn,fùzàishēnshānyǒuyuǎnqīn the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain

Related entries

街市 jiēshì
  1. downtown area
  2. commercial district
  3. (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
他在街市賣魚賣了許多年了，這些年來每逢星期二都會在街市見到他。

For years he has been at the market every Tuesday morning with his fish stall.

Source: Tatoeba

市中心 shìzhōngxīn
  1. city center
  2. downtown
市中心是城市之心。

The downtown area is the heart of the city.

Source: Tatoeba

市區 shìqū
  1. urban district
  2. downtown
  3. city center
到市區的公車站牌在哪裡？

Where is the bus stop for downtown?

Source: Tatoeba