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城市

chéngshì

city

HSK 3 · Topic “Society and country”
A group of tall buildings
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

市 shì

Strokes
5
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of
亠 lid, cover 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel

Example phrases

  • 城市很大。 Chéngshì hěn dà. The city is very big.
  • 我喜欢城市。 Wǒ xǐhuan chéngshì. I like the city.
  • 这个城市很美。 Zhège chéngshì hěn měi. This city is lovely.

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