购物中心(gòu wù zhōng xīn) - shopping centre, shopping mall in Mandarin

购物中心 (gòu wù zhōng xīn) means a shopping centre or shopping mall. 购物 (gòu wù) means "to shop, to make purchases", and 中心 (zhōng xīn) means "centre, hub", the same word used in 市中心 (shì zhōng xīn, "city centre").

A shorter, very common alternative is 商场 (shāng chǎng), which covers much the same idea. 购物中心 (gòu wù zhōng xīn) tends to sound slightly more formal, or is reserved for the larger, modern malls, while 商场 (shāng chǎng) is the word most people reach for day to day.

购物中心 (gòu wù zhōng xīn) takes the general measure word 个 (gè): 一个购物中心 (yí gè gòu wù zhōng xīn), "a shopping centre".