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长城

Cháng chéng

HSK 4 2-character word Traditional 長城

What 长城 means

1. the Great Wall

The characters in 长城

• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 城chéngcity walls; city; town

Example sentences

• 我男朋友还没有去过长城。
  Wǒ nánpéngyou hái méiyǒu qù guo Chángchéng.
  My boyfriend still hasn't been to the Great Wall.
• 中国与蒙古隔着万里长城。
  Zhōngguó yǔ Měnggǔ gé zhe Wànlǐ Chángchéng.
  China and Mongolia are separated by the Great Wall of China.
• 马力欧在五天内走完万里长城。
  Mario finished walking along the Great Wall of China in five days.

Words starting with 长城

• 长城饭店Cháng chéng Fàn diànGreat Wall Hotel (Beijing Sheraton 喜来登)

Words containing 长城

• 万里长城Wàn lǐ Cháng chéngthe Great Wall
• 码长城mǎ Cháng chéng(colloquial) to play mahjong
• 防火长城Fáng huǒ Cháng chéngGreat Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)
• 砌长城qì Cháng chéng(colloquial) to play mahjong
• 中国长城工业公司Zhōng guó Cháng chéng Gōng yè Gōng sīChina Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
• 不到长城非好汉bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hànlit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person…

Where 长城 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Geography & places (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read Cháng chéng correctly.
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