Chinese

城市

chéngshì
city; town (Classifier: 個／个; 座)
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 3

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  • characterChinese城 “city wall”
    • meaningChinese土 “earth; soil”
    • soundChinese成 “to succeed; to accomplish; to achieve; to finish; to complete”
      • meaningChinese戊 “the fifth of the ten heavenly stems”
      • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
  • characterChinese市 “city; town”
    • meaningChinese兮 “Sentence-internal or final exclamatory particle.”
    • soundChinese之 “to go”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
      • ideaChinese一 “one”

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