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风城

Fēng chéng

2-character word Traditional 風城

What 风城 means

1. the Windy City, nickname for Chicago {芝加哥|Zhī jiā gē}, Wellington, New Zealand {惠灵顿|Huì líng dùn} and Hsinchu, Taiwan {新竹|Xīn zhú}

The characters in 风城

• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 城chéngcity walls; city; town

Example sentences

• 新竹的风很大，因此有「风城」的美称。
  Hsinchu is very windy, which is why it is nicknamed the "Windy City."

Sounds the same

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

• 风成produced by wind; eolian
• 封城to lock down a city
• 丰城see 丰城市