(chéng shì) - city, town in Mandarin
chéngshìTraditional: 城市
HSK 3
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Translation
city, town
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
。
Shanghai is a very big city.
座。
This city is very modern.
。
I like life in small cities.
座闹。
This city is very lively at night.
乡。
He left his hometown to work in the big city.
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