城市(chéng shì): city
city
Character breakdown
Watch how each character of 城市 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Word information
- Pinyin
- chéng shì
- Meaning
- city; town
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Appears in lessons
城市 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 城市 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我想住在城市。
wǒ xiǎng zhù zài chéng shì
I want to live in the city.
柏林是德国城市。
bó lín shì dé guó chéng shì
Berlin is a German city.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 城市 — tap one to open its word page.
mayor
supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)
the Great Wall
marketplace; market; bazaar
urban district
market
Cheng District or Chengqu, a district of Shanwei City 汕尾市, Guangdong
city and countryside
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