地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 朝臣 cháo chén court councilor 城 chéng city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall / city government 本市 běn shì this city / our city syn 科林斯 kē lín sī Corinth, a city-state of ancient Greece / Corinth, a modern city in Greece / (name) Collins 奥克兰 奧克蘭 ào kè lán Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city) 市立 shì lì municipal / city / city-run 大田 dà tián Datian, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1ming2 Shi4], Fujian / Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhong1qing1nan2dao4], South Korea syn 环城 環城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 皇城 huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center 直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 新庄 新莊 xīn zhuāng Xinzhuang or Hsinchuang city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 新店 xīn diàn Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 土城 tǔ chéng Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 纳杰夫 納傑夫 nà jié fū Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city) 阿拉尔 阿拉爾 ā lā ěr Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang 瓮城 甕城 wèng chéng enceinte of a city gate / barbican entrance to a city 都 dū capital city / metropolis syn 线 線 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) syn 城市 chéng shì city / town / CL:座[zuo4] syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 姐妹 jiě mèi sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc) syn 市 shì market / city / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 城里 chéng lǐ in the city 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 巴斯 bā sī Bath city in southwest England 曼哈顿 曼哈頓 màn hā dùn Manhattan island / Manhattan borough of New York City 百老汇 百老匯 bǎi lǎo huì Broadway (New York City) 市民 shì mín city resident syn 陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn 布鲁克林 布魯克林 bù lǔ kè lín Brooklyn, borough of New York City 市中心 shì zhōng xīn city center / downtown 市区 市區 shì qū urban district / downtown / city center syn 首都 shǒu dū capital (city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn 尼斯 ní sī Nice (city in France) 都会 都會 dū huì city / metropolis syn 都市 dū shì city / metropolis syn 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 野外 yě wài countryside / areas outside the city syn 马赛 馬賽 mǎ sài Marseille, city in south France / Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan 东区 東區 dōng qū east district of city / east zone / Tung east district of a Taiwanese city 市政厅 市政廳 shì zhèng tīng city hall 里昂 lǐ áng Lyon, French city on the Rhône 杰克逊 傑克遜 jié kè xùn Jackson (name) / Jackson city, capital of Mississippi 偏僻 piān pì remote / desolate / far from the city syn 特洛伊 tè luò yī ancient city of Troy 西区 西區 xī qū west district of city / west zone / Hsi west district of a Taiwanese city 牛津 niú jīn Oxford (city in England) 里尔 里爾 lǐ ěr Lille (city in France) 首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region syn 城外 chéng wài outside of a city 蒙特利尔 蒙特利爾 méng tè lì ěr Montreal, city in Quebec, Canada 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 大都会 大都會 dà dū huì major city / metropolis / metropolitan syn 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall syn 温哥华 溫哥華 wēn gē huá Vancouver (city in Canada) 汉斯 漢斯 hàn sī Hans (name) / Reims (city in France) 墨西哥城 mò xī gē chéng Mexico City, capital of Mexico 姊妹 zǐ mèi (older and younger) sisters / sister (school, city etc) syn 全市 quán shì whole city 科克 kē kè Cork, city in Ireland 大阪 dà bǎn Osaka, city in Japan 釜山 fǔ shān Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4], South Korea 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 圣路易斯 聖路易斯 shèng lù yì sī St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri 兰斯 蘭斯 lán sī Reims (city in France) 密尔沃基 密爾沃基 mì ěr wò jī Milwaukee (city) 海珠 hǎi zhū Haizhu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong 瑞丽 瑞麗 ruì lì Ruili city in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[De2 hong2 Dai3 zu2 Jing3 po1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan 布朗克斯 bù lǎng kè sī The Bronx, borough of New York City / Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx) / also written 布朗士 莱斯特 萊斯特 lái sī tè Lester or Leicester (name) / Leicester, English city in East Midlands 南区 南區 nán qū south district of city / south zone / Nan south district of a Taiwanese city 郭 guō outer city wall 圣保罗 聖保羅 shèng bǎo luó St Paul / São Paulo, city in Brazil 专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link / hotline / special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) / CL:條|条[tiao2] 泰山 tài shān Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle) / Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan syn 梅斯 méi sī Metz (city in France) 布里斯托尔 布里斯托爾 bù lǐ sī tuō ěr Bristol port city in southwest England 大都市 dà dū shì metropolis / large city / megacity syn 敖德萨 敖德薩 áo dé sà Odessa (city in Ukraine) 城门 城門 chéng mén city gate 瑞安 ruì ān Rui'an, county-level city in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang 诺丁汉 諾丁漢 nuò dīng hàn Nottingham (city in England) 城区 城區 chéng qū city district / urban area syn 香格里拉 xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel 市内 市內 shì nèi inside the city 市郊 shì jiāo outer city / suburb 蚌 bèng abbr. for Bengbu prefecture-level City 蚌埠市[Beng4bu4 Shi4], Anhui syn 圣城 聖城 shèng chéng Holy City 圣彼得堡 聖彼得堡 shèng bǐ dé bǎo Saint Petersburg (city in Russia) 仁川 rén chuān Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 神户 神戶 shén hù Kobe, city in Japan 