城市 in English

Measure word

• 座 zuò seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g... attested
• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use

Character breakdown

• 城 chéng city walls
• 市 shì market

Stroke order

How it used to be written

城

• Bronze script 西周早期
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 18 forms

市

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 22 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 一架飞机在这个城市上空飞行。

  A plane is flying above the city.

• 东京是一个很大的城市。

  Tokyo is a big city.

• 从这塔上可以看到城市的全貌。

  This tower commands a full view of the city.

• 他强调了城市生活方便的一面。

  He stressed the convenient aspects of city life.

• 他被认为是这个城市里最好的律师。

  He became thought of as the best lawyer in this city.

• 他被认为是这座城市里最好的律师。

  He is reputed the best lawyer in this city.

• 伦敦是一个为马而建立的城市。

  London was a city built for the horse.

• 伦敦是全世界最大的城市之一。

  London is among the largest cities in the world.

All example sentences with 城市