郊区 郊區 jiāo qū suburban district / outskirts / suburbs 郊外 jiāo wài outskirts syn 城郊 chéng jiāo suburbs / outskirts of a city 近郊 jìn jiāo suburbs / outskirts 远郊 遠郊 yuǎn jiāo outer suburbs / remote outskirts of a city 近郊区 近郊區 jìn jiāo qū suburbs / city outskirts 郊 jiāo suburbs / outskirts syn 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) 遠郊 yuǎn jiāo outer suburbs / remote outskirts of a city 镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 虎门镇 虎門鎮 hǔ mén zhèn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 Shi4], Guangdong 满城风雨 滿城風雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town syn 北安普敦 běi ān pǔ dūn Northampton, town in central England, county town of Northamptonshire 北安普敦郡[Bei3 an1 pu3 dun1 jun4] 九份 jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies 城市 chéng shì city / town / CL:座[zuo4] syn 城镇 城鎮 chéng zhèn town / cities and towns syn 街上 jiē shang on the street / in town 小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town / village 三峡 三峽 sān xiá Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 公交车 公交車 gōng jiāo chē public transport vehicle / town bus / CL:輛|辆[liang4] 县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat / county town syn 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 小城 xiǎo chéng small town 攻城 gōng chéng to besiege (a town) 城市规划 城市規劃 chéng shì guī huà town planning 巴萨 巴薩 bā sà Barca (nickname for FC Barcelona) / Baza (town in Grenada, Spain) 里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province syn 故里 gù lǐ home town / native place syn 打车 打車 dǎ chē to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift 阿伦 阿倫 ā lún Aalen, town in Germany 埃弗顿 埃弗頓 āi fú dùn Everton (town in northwest England) / Everton soccer team 重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) syn 乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village syn 市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn 返乡 返鄉 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town syn 集镇 集鎮 jí zhèn town syn 周庄 周莊 zhōu zhuāng Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction 城关镇 城關鎮 chéng guān zhèn Chengguan town (common place name) 市集 shì jí fair / market (in a public place) / small town syn 市镇 市鎮 shì zhèn small town syn 沙田 shā tián Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong 关西 關西 guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan 原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace syn 金宝 金寶 jīn bǎo Campbell (name) / Kampar, town in the state of Perak, Malaysia 纽伦堡 紐倫堡 niǔ lún bǎo Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany 马六甲 馬六甲 mǎ liù jiǎ Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra 跑遍 pǎo biàn to go everywhere / to scour (the whole town) 荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town syn 赌城 賭城 dǔ chéng casino town / nickname for Las Vegas 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 丽江古城 麗江古城 lì jiāng gǔ chéng Lijiang old town (in Yunnan) 大林 dà lín Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us 亦庄 亦莊 yì zhuāng Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality 吹箫 吹簫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob 新塘 xīn táng Xintang, common town or village name / Xintang village in Guangdong province 沙头角 沙頭角 shā tóu jiǎo Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong) 聚落 jù luò settlement / dwelling place / town / village syn 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 招摇过市 招搖過市 zhāo yáo guò shì to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom) syn 伍子胥 wǔ zǐ xū Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician, famous as destitute refugee begging in the town of Wu 凤凰古城 鳳凰古城 fèng huáng gǔ chéng Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category 白帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction 莺歌 鶯歌 yīng gē Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 开普敦 開普敦 kāi pǔ dūn Cape Town (city in South Africa) 卫星城 衛星城 wèi xīng chéng "satellite" town / edge city / exurb 小汤山 小湯山 xiǎo tāng shān Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality 依云 依雲 yī yún Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France 新都桥 新都橋 xīn dū qiáo Xinduqiao town in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan 冈山 岡山 gāng shān Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan / Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1] 埔里 bù lǐ Puli, town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan 死城 sǐ chéng ghost town 万人空巷 萬人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out syn 南安普敦 nán ān pǔ dūn Southampton, town in south England 布鲁日 布魯日 bù lǔ rì Bruges (Dutch Brugge), medieval town in Belgium 樟木 zhāng mù Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border syn 市议员 市議員 shì yì yuán town councilor / city councilor / alderman 昆阳 昆陽 kūn yáng Kunyang town and former county in Yunnan 藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] 瑞芳 ruì fāng Ruifang or Juifang town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 新市镇 新市鎮 xīn shì zhèn new town / planned community 潮洲 cháo zhōu Chaozhou or Teochew, a town near Guangdong, with famous cuisine / Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong 城 chéng city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn 浩特 hào tè nomadic camp / town or village (Mongolian: khot) 色当 色噹 sè dāng Sedan (French town) 庞培 龐培 páng péi Pompeium, Roman town in Bay of Naples destroyed by eruption of Vesuvius in 79 / Pompey (Roman general) 本埠 běn bù this city / this town 街谈巷议 街談巷議 jiē tán xiàng yì (idiom) town gossip / streetcorner conversations syn 布莱顿 布萊頓 bù lái dùn Brighton, town in England 周庄镇 周莊鎮 zhōu zhuāng zhèn Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction 金沙镇 金沙鎮 jīn shā zhèn Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan 乡 鄉 xiāng country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit) syn 镇 鎮 zhèn to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks) syn 筸 gān used in 鎮筸|镇筸[Zhen4gan1], the former name of Fenghuang Ancient Town 鳳凰古城|凤凰古城[Feng4huang2 Gu3cheng2] in Hunan 鎭 zhèn variant of 鎮|镇[zhen4] / town 吴市吹箫 吳市吹簫 wú shì chuī xiāo to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician 