城市 chéngshì city or town
How to remember 城市: 城 town + 市 market = city or town.
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How it is used
- A city or town - 大城市 (dà chéngshì) a big city, 这座城市 (zhè zuò chéngshì) this city (measure word 座).
- General term for the urban settlement as a whole; the built-up downtown area is 市区 (shìqū) and the outskirts 郊区 (jiāoqū).
- Contrast 农村 (nóngcūn, countryside) for the urban/rural divide.
Example sentences
- 这是城市的主要街道。 Zhè shì chéngshì de zhǔyào jiēdào.This is the main road through the city.
- 这个城市是我出生的地方。 Zhège chéngshì shì wǒ chūshēng de dìfang.This city is where I was born.
- 这座城市很大。 Zhè zuò chéngshì hěn dà.This is a huge city.
- 我在城市上班，但是住在郊区。 Wǒ zài chéngshì shàngbān, dànshì zhùzài jiāoqū.I work in the city, but live in the suburbs.