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城市

chéng shì

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Measure word 座

城市 (chéng shì) means "city; town". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 城市 means

1. city; town

The characters in 城市

• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)

Example sentences

• 城市安睡了。
  The town slept.
• 我想住在城市。
  I want to live in the city.
• 我喜欢大城市。
  I like big cities.
• 因为有城市公害。
  Yīnwèi yǒu chéngshì gōnghài.
  Because there's pollution in the cities.
• 我不喜欢大城市。
  I dislike big cities.
• 柏林是德国城市。
  Berlin is a German city.

Words starting with 城市

• 城市化chéng shì huàurbanization
• 城市规划chéng shì guī huàtown planning
• 城市运动会Chéng shì Yùn dòng huìNational Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since…
• 城市依赖症chéng shì yī lài zhèng"urban dependence disease"…
• 城市管理行政执法局Chéng shì Guǎn lǐ Xíng zhèng Zhí fǎ júCity Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau (PRC)

Words containing 城市

• 大城市dà chéng shìmajor city; metropolis
• 应城市Yìng chéng ShìYingcheng, a county-level city in Xiaogan City 孝感市
• 海城市Hǎi chéng ShìHaicheng, a county-level city in Anshan City 鞍山市
• 运城市Yùn chéng ShìYuncheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
• 开城市Kāi chéng shìKaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea…
• 项城市Xiàng chéng ShìXiangcheng, a county-level city in Zhoukou City 周口市
• 旅游城市lǚ yóu chéng shìtourist city
• 宣城市Xuān chéng ShìXuancheng, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
• 白城市Bái chéng ShìBaicheng, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province 吉林省
• 塔城市Tǎ chéng ShìTacheng, a county-level city in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地区
• 兴城市Xīng chéng ShìXingcheng, a county-level city in Huludao City 葫芦岛市
• 生态城市shēng tài chéng shìsustainable city
• 港口城市gǎng kǒu chéng shìport city
• 共青城市Gòng qīng chéng ShìGongqingcheng, a county-level city in Jiujiang City 九江市
• 永城市Yǒng chéng ShìYongcheng, a county-level city in Shangqiu City 商丘市
• 永续城市yǒng xù chéng shìsustainable city (Tw)
• 副省级城市fù shěng jí chéng shìsubprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province)
• 宜城市Yí chéng ShìYicheng, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄阳市
• 麻城市Má chéng ShìMacheng, a county-level city in Huanggang City 黄冈市
• 慢城市màn chéng shìslow-paced town
• 诸城市Zhū chéng ShìZhucheng, a county-level city in Weifang City 潍坊市
• 丰城市Fēng chéng ShìFengcheng, a county-level city in Yichun City 宜春市
• 韩城市Hán chéng ShìHancheng, a county-level and sub-prefectural city of historic significance in Weinan 渭南市
• 聊城市Liáo chéng ShìLiaocheng, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省

Sounds the same

Read chéng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 程式form; pattern; formula
• 成事to accomplish the objective; to succeed
• 乘势to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot

Where 城市 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Places in the City (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chéng shì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.