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城 - chéng

castle; city, town; municipality

castle; city, town; municipality

How to read 城

Click 城 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinchéng
Englishcastle; city, town; municipality
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

城中 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 城北. Please read 城口 one more time.

Common words with this character

see 城中區|城中区[Cheng2 zhong1 Qu1]
see 城北區|城北区[Cheng2 bei3 Qu1]
see 城口縣|城口县[Cheng2 kou3 Xian4]
see 城固縣|城固县[Cheng2 gu4 Xian4]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 城 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 城中 and 城北 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 城.