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城镇

chéng zhèn

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 城鎮

城镇 (chéng zhèn) means "town; cities and towns". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 城镇 means

1. town
2. cities and towns

The characters in 城镇

• 城chéngcity walls; city; town
• 镇zhènto press down; to calm; to subdue

Example sentences

• 敌人靠近城镇。
  The enemy approaches the town.
• 我在小城镇长大。
  I grew up in a small town.
• 萨米在一座很小的城镇长大。
  Sami grew up in a very small town.
• 我不想在城镇的那个地方买房
  I wouldn't buy a house in that part of town.
• 海啸席卷稻田, 淹没了城镇。
  Hǎixiào xíjuǎn dàotián, yānmò le chéngzhèn.
  Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.
• 这座城镇发展成为了一个经济中心。
  Zhè zuò chéngzhèn fāzhǎn chéngwéi le yī gè jīngjì zhōngxīn.
  The town developed into the center of the economy.

Words starting with 城镇

• 城镇化chéng zhèn huàurbanization
• 城镇化水平chéng zhèn huà shuǐ píngurbanization level (of a city or town)

Words containing 城镇

• 金城镇Jīn chéng zhènJincheng (common place name); Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金门县

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