HSK 3 · City & Places

城市

chéng shì

city

Stroke order of 城市

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

城 · 9 strokes 市 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Earth '土' walls built to completion '成' surround a busy market '市' — that's a city.

Parts: 城 city wall (土 earth + 成 complete) + 市 market (亠 lid + 巾 cloth)

The characters in 城市

城 chéng — city; town (9 strokes)
市 shì — city (5 strokes)

Example sentence

上海是一个很大的城市。

Shanghai is a very big city.

Words with 城

城city; town 长城the Great Wall

Words with 市

市长mayor 超市supermarket 市city 市场market

More words: City & Places

城city; town 村village 农村countryside 农民farmer 地区area; region 区district; area 当地local 各地everywhere; various places 场所place; venue 故乡hometown 家乡hometown 桥bridge 高速公路expressway; highway 铁路railway

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