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 餐厅 餐廳 cān tīng dining hall / dining room / restaurant / CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1] syn 大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn 舞厅 舞廳 wǔ tīng dance hall / ballroom / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 食堂 shí táng dining hall / cafeteria / CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1] syn 礼堂 禮堂 lǐ táng assembly hall / auditorium / CL:座[zuo4] 殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn 纪念馆 紀念館 jì niàn guǎn memorial hall / commemorative museum 门厅 門廳 mén tīng entrance hall / vestibule 音乐厅 音樂廳 yīn yuè tīng concert hall / auditorium 饭厅 飯廳 fàn tīng dining room / dining hall / mess hall syn 会堂 會堂 huì táng meeting hall / assembly hall 霍尔 霍爾 huò ěr Hall (name) 舞场 舞場 wǔ chǎng dance hall syn 宴会厅 宴會廳 yàn huì tīng ballroom / banqueting hall syn 纪念堂 紀念堂 jì niàn táng memorial hall / mausoleum 展览馆 展覽館 zhǎn lǎn guǎn exhibition hall 展馆 展館 zhǎn guǎn exhibition hall / (expo) pavilion 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 歌厅 歌廳 gē tīng karaoke hall / singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs) 公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] syn 会议厅 會議廳 huì yì tīng conference hall 济济一堂 濟濟一堂 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom) / to gather under one roof syn 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn 饭堂 飯堂 fàn táng dining hall / canteen / cafeteria syn 灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall / funeral hall 厅堂 廳堂 tīng táng hall syn 讲堂 講堂 jiǎng táng lecture hall / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 人民大会堂 人民大會堂 rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn king's palace / throne hall 玄关 玄關 xuán guān entrance hall / vestibule 楹联 楹聯 yíng lián couplet (hung on the columns of a hall) syn 北京人民大会堂 北京人民大會堂 běi jīng rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People in Beijing 大会堂 大會堂 dà huì táng General Assembly Hall syn 禅院 禪院 chán yuàn Buddhist hall 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 太和殿 tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] 中正纪念堂 中正紀念堂 zhōng zhèng jì niàn táng Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei 庭 tíng main hall / front courtyard / law court syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn 庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn 殿 diàn palace hall syn 不登大雅之堂 bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined 怀仁堂 懷仁堂 huái rén táng Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP 庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda 祧 tiāo ancestral hall 城 chéng city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn 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 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 