城市

Chinese

city walls; city; town market; city
simp. and trad.
(城市) 		城 市

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 城 市
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 是征切 時止切
Baxter dzyeng dzyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/ /d͡ʑɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ʑiɛŋ/ /d͡ʑɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʑiæŋ/ /d͡ʑieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ʑiajŋ/ /d͡ʑɨX/
Li
Rong 		/ʑiɛŋ/ /ʑiəX/
Wang
Li 		/ʑĭɛŋ/ /ʑĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʑi̯ɛŋ/ /ʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chéng shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sing4 si6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 城 市
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chéng shì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzyeng › ‹ dzyiX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[d]eŋ/ /*C.[d]əʔ/
English city wall market (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 城 市
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1418 11611
Phonetic
component 		成 市
Rime
group 		耕 之
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		成 市
Old
Chinese 		/*djeŋ/ /*djɯʔ/

Noun

城市

  1. city; town (Classifier: 個／个; 座)
    城市風光／城市风光  ―  chéngshì fēngguāng  ―  cityscape
    旅遊城市／旅游城市  ―  lǚyóu chéngshì  ―  tourist city
    城市人口  ―  chéngshì rénkǒu  ―  urban population
    城市生活  ―  chéngshì shēnghuó  ―  urban life
    城市道路  ―  chéngshì dàolù  ―  urban road
    沿邊城市／沿边城市  ―  yánbiān chéngshì  ―  border city
    中國城市等級制／中国城市等级制  ―  Zhōngguó chéngshì děngjízhì  ―  the Chinese city tier system
    促進城市可持續發展 [MSC, trad.]
    促进城市可持续发展 [MSC, simp.]
    cùjìn chéngshì kěchíxù fāzhǎn [Pinyin]
    to promote the sustainable development of the city
    你在這個城市住了多久了？ [MSC, trad.]
    你在这个城市住了多久了？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zài zhège chéngshì zhù le duōjiǔ le? [Pinyin]
    How long have you been living in this city?
    我幾乎未曾離開過這個城市。 [MSC, trad.]
    我几乎未曾离开过这个城市。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ jīhū wèicéng líkāi guò zhège chéngshì. [Pinyin]
    I have hardly ever been out of this city.
    在戰爭中，這個城市幾經易手。 [MSC, trad.]
    在战争中，这个城市几经易手。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài zhànzhēng zhōng, zhè ge chéngshì jǐjīng yìshǒu. [Pinyin]
    The city changed hands several times during the war.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 城市 (“city”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 城池
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 城市
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 城市
Harbin 城市
Singapore 城市
Jilu Mandarin Xianxian (Xiaoying) 城市
Jinan 城市
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 城市
Southwestern Mandarin Guiyang 城市
Guilin 城市
Pingle 城市
Liuzhou 城市
Luzhai 城市
Cantonese Hong Kong 城市
Guiping (Jintian) 城市
Hakka Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) 城市
Bobai (Shahe) 城市
Bobai (Lingping) 城市
Singkawang 埠頭
Pontianak (Meixian) 埠頭, 城市
Huizhou Jixi 城市
Jin Datong 城市
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) 城市
Xinzhou 城市
Changzhi 城市
Eastern Min Gutian 城市
Southern Min Shantou 城市
Haikou 城市
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 城市
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 城
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 城市
Northern Pinghua Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) 城市
Wu Shanghai 城市
Danyang 城市
Jinhua 城市
Yiwu 城, 城市

Derived terms

See also

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
城市

Noun

城市

  1. chữ Hán form of thành thị (“city”)
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