城市

Character by character

• 城chéng9 strokesHSK 3castle; city, town; municipality
• 市shì5 strokesHSK 2market, fair; city, town; trade

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我想住在城市。

  Wǒ xiǎng zhù zài chéng shì

  I want to live in the city.

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• 这是他出生的城市。

  Zhè shì tā chū shēng de chéng shì

  This is the town where he was born.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 城市. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 城chéngHSK 3

  city walls; city; town

• 市shìHSK 2

  market; city

• 市场shì chǎngHSK 3

  marketplace; market (also in abstract)

• 市民shì mínHSK 6

  city resident

• 市长shì zhǎngHSK 2

  mayor

• 超市chāo shìHSK 2

  supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)

• 城镇chéng zhènHSK 6

  town; cities and towns

• 上市shàng shìHSK 6

  to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)

• 市区shì qūHSK 4

  urban district; downtown; city center

• 城里chénglǐHSK 5

  In the city

• 都市dū shìHSK 6

  city; metropolis

• 城堡chéng bǎo

  castle; rook (chess piece)

• 股市gǔ shìHSK 7

  stock market

• 长城cháng chéngHSK 3

  the Great Wall

• 城墙chéng qiángHSK 7

  city wall

• 城区chéng qūHSK 6

  city district; urban area

• 商城shāng chéngHSK 6

  shopping center; department store

• 市场经济shì chǎng jīng jìHSK 7

  market economy

• 菜市场cài shì chǎngHSK 7

  food market

• 城乡chéng xiāngHSK 6

  city and countryside

• 夜市yè shìHSK 7

  night market

• 众志成城zhòng zhì chéng chéngHSK 7

  unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)