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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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城
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市
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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chéng
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shì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzyeng ›
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‹ dzyiX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*eŋ/
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/*C.əʔ/
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| English
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city wall
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market (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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城
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市
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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1418
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11611
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Phonetic
component
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成
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市
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Rime
group
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耕
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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成
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市
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Old
Chinese
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/*djeŋ/
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/*djɯʔ/
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Noun
城市
- city; town (Classifier: 個／个; 座)
- 城市風光／城市风光 ― chéngshì fēngguāng ― cityscape
- 旅遊城市／旅游城市 ― lǚyóu chéngshì ― tourist city
- 城市人口 ― chéngshì rénkǒu ― urban population
- 城市生活 ― chéngshì shēnghuó ― urban life
- 城市道路 ― chéngshì dàolù ― urban road
- 沿邊城市／沿边城市 ― yánbiān chéngshì ― border city
- 中國城市等級制／中国城市等级制 ― Zhōngguó chéngshì děngjízhì ― the Chinese city tier system
促進城市可持續發展 [MSC, trad.]
促进城市可持续发展 [MSC, simp.]- cùjìn chéngshì kěchíxù fāzhǎn
- to promote the sustainable development of the city
你在這個城市住了多久了？ [MSC, trad.]
你在这个城市住了多久了？ [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ zài zhège chéngshì zhù le duōjiǔ le?
- How long have you been living in this city?
我幾乎未曾離開過這個城市。 [MSC, trad.]
我几乎未曾离开过这个城市。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ jīhū wèicéng líkāi guò zhège chéngshì.
- I have hardly ever been out of this city.
在戰爭中，這個城市幾經易手。 [MSC, trad.]
在战争中，这个城市几经易手。 [MSC, simp.]- Zài zhànzhēng zhōng, zhè ge chéngshì jǐjīng yìshǒu.
- The city changed hands several times during the war.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
城市 (“city”)
Derived terms
See also