(chéng shì) - city, town in Mandarin
chéngshìTraditional: 城市
Translation
city, town
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Word origin
The word 城市 combines 城 'city wall, walled town' and 市 'market'. 城 is a phono-semantic compound with 土 (earth) as the meaning element and 成 (chéng) as the phonetic; 市 originally depicted a marketplace. Together they name the walled, market-bearing settlement that is a city.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 城 (chéng, walled town: 土 earth + 成 phonetic) + 市 (shì, market)
Stroke order
城
市
Examples
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Shanghai is a very big city.
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This city is very modern.
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I like life in small cities.
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This city is very lively at night.
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He left his hometown to work in the big city.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 3: 城市, 阻止, 消失 and 7 more words.