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"provincial city" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
省辖市 省轄市 shěng xiá shì provincial city
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
人大 rén dà people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4])
厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department
会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn
省会 省會 shěng huì provincial capital syn
省城 shěng chéng provincial capital syn
大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1]
督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn
举人 舉人 jǔ rén graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
省委 shěng wěi provincial Party committee
刺史 cì shǐ provincial governor (old)
卫生厅 衛生廳 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
农业厅 農業廳 nóng yè tīng (provincial) department of agriculture
民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs
中举 中舉 zhòng jǔ to pass the provincial level imperial examination
副省级 副省級 fù shěng jí sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent)
乡试 鄉試 xiāng shì the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
解元 jiè yuán first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
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]
省界 shěng jiè provincial boundary
省 shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) syn
厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn
抚 撫 fǔ to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor syn
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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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