城

City walls in Chinese: 城 (chéng)

chéng

city walls

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1city walls
  2. 2city
  3. 3town

Stroke order

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城

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄔㄥˊ

chéng

ㄔ/ chㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这座城很古老，也很漂亮。

    zhè zuò chéng hěn gǔ lǎo， yě hěn piào liang。

    This city is very old and beautiful.

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Related words

城市

chéng shì

city

长城

cháng chéng

the Great Wall

城里

chénglǐ

In the city

城区

chéng qū

city district

城乡

chéng xiāng

city and countryside

城镇

chéng zhèn

town

商城

shāng chéng

shopping center

城墙

chéng qiáng

city wall

众志成城

zhòng zhì chéng chéng

unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)

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