城市 chéngshì — city, town

Meanings

1. 1

   city, town

   A city. Large ones are often counted with 座, the measure word for things that sit solidly on the ground; 个 is always safe.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 城

  chéng (second tone, rising)

  a city wall; a walled city; a city, a town

  9 strokes⿰土成Radical 土

Example sentences

• 北京是一个很大的城市。/北京是一個很大的城市。Běijīng (third tone, dipping) shì (fourth tone, falling) yí (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) chéngshì. (second tone, rising)···

  Beijing is a very big city.

• 我很喜欢这个城市的环境。/我很喜歡這個城市的環境。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) zhège (fourth tone, falling) chéngshì (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) huánjìng. (second tone, rising)···

  I really like the setting of this city.

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