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城

chéng

city

HSK 3 · Topic “Society and country”
A city wall with towers
Memory picture

Character

城 chéng

Strokes
9
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 成 to accomplish
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我住在城里。 Wǒ zhù zài chéng lǐ. I live in the city.
  • 这座城很美。 Zhè zuò chéng hěn měi. This city is very beautiful.
  • 进城买东西。 Jìn chéng mǎi dōngxi. Go into the city to shop.

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