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城

chéng

HSK 3 Character Measure word 座、道、个

What 城 means

1. city walls
2. city
3. town

Example sentences

• 我进城去。
  I'm going downtown.
• 城堡好美。
  The castle is beautiful.
• 我喜欢城堡。
  I like castles.
• 城市安睡了。
  The town slept.
• 罗马是座古城。
  Luómǎ shì zuò gǔchéng.
  Rome is an old city.
• 这是一座古城。
  Zhè shì yī zuò gǔchéng.
  This is a historic city.

Words starting with 城

• 城市chéng shìcity; town
• 城堡chéng bǎocastle; rook (chess piece)
• 城镇chéng zhèntown; cities and towns
• 城墙chéng qiángcity wall
• 城乡chéng xiāngcity and countryside
• 城外chéng wàioutside of a city
• 城门chéng méncity gate
• 城里人chéng lǐ réncity dweller; townspeople
• 城楼chéng lóucity gate tower
• 城管chéng guǎnlocal government bylaw enforcement officer; city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政执法局
• 城市化chéng shì huàurbanization
• 城区chéng qūcity district; urban area
• 城郊chéng jiāosuburbs; outskirts of a city
• 城池chéng chícity
• 城府chéng fǔsubtle; shrewd; sophisticated
• 城关chéng guānarea outside a city gate
• 城根chéng gēnsections of a city close to the city wall
• 城防chéng fángcity defense
• 城中区Chéng zhōng QūChengzhong, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市; Chengzhong, a district of Xining City 西宁市
• 城域网chéng yù wǎngmetropolitan area network
• 城东区Chéng dōng QūChengdong, a district of Xining City 西宁市
• 城西区Chéng xī QūChengxi, a district of Xining City 西宁市
• 城关区Chéng guān QūChengguan, a district of Lanzhou City 兰州市; Chengguan, a district of Lhasa City 拉萨市
• 城市规划chéng shì guī huàtown planning

Words containing 城

• 长城Cháng chéngthe Great Wall
• 县城xiàn chéngcounty seat; county town
• 古城gǔ chéngancient city
• 京城jīng chéngcapital of a country
• 进城jìn chéngto go to town; to enter a big city (to live or work)
• 汉城Hàn chéngHanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首尔
• 西城区Xī chéng QūXicheng, a district of central Beijing
• 省城shěng chéngprovincial capital
• 东城区Dōng chéng QūDongcheng, a district of central Beijing
• 商城shāng chéngshopping center; department store
• 围城wéi chéngsiege; besieged city
• 名城míng chéngfamous city
• 紫禁城Zǐ jìn chéngthe Forbidden City; the Imperial Palace in Beijing; same as 故宫
• 都城dū chéngcapital city
• 羊城Yáng chéngYangcheng, a nickname for 广州
• 中国城Zhōng guó chéngChinatown
• 万里长城Wàn lǐ Cháng chéngthe Great Wall
• 费城Fèi chéngPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania; abbr. for 费拉德尔菲亚
• 倾城qīng chéngcoming from everywhere; from all over the place; gorgeous (of woman)
• 皇城Huáng chéngImperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
• 老城区lǎo chéng qūold city district; historical center
• 边城biān chéngborder town; remote town
• 护城河hù chéng hémoat (surrounding the city wall); (fig.) (business) competitive advantage
• 攻城gōng chéngto besiege (a town)

Characters built on 成

These share the phonetic component 成 (chéng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 诚chéng(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 盛shèngflourishing; vigorous; magnificent
• 晟shèngbrightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 铖chéng(used in people's names)

Characters that look like 城

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 埔bùused in place names
• 狼lángwolf
• 诫jiècommandment; to prohibit
• 绒róngvelvet; woolen
• 娥égood; beautiful
• 峨élofty; name of a mountain

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 程rule; order; regulations
• 诚(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 呈to present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 澄clear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙orange tree; orange (color)
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle
• 宬(literary) archive room; library…