城 (chéng) means City (town). Below are 24 of the 95 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这是 城 市的标志。
Zhè shì chéngshì de biāozhì.
This is the symbol of the city.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 标志
我家在 城 市的东边。
Wǒ jiā zài chéngshì de dōngbian.
My home is on the east side of the city.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 东
我家在 城 市的南边。
Wǒ jiā zài chéngshì de nánbian.
My home is on the south side of the city.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 南
他来自一个小 城 市。
Tā láizì yí ge xiǎo chéngshì.
He comes from a small city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 来自
城 市建设越来越好。
Chéngshì jiànshè yuè lái yuè hǎo.
The city's construction keeps improving.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 建设
这座 城 市很有魅力。
Zhè zuò chéngshì hěn yǒu mèilì.
This city has real charm.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 魅力
这座 城 市让人向往。
Zhè zuò chéngshì ràng rén xiàngwǎng.
This city makes one long to go there.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 向往
他在沿海 城 市长大。
Tā zài yánhǎi chéngshì zhǎngdà.
He grew up in a coastal city.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 沿海
我们坐船去那个 城 市。
Wǒmen zuò chuán qù nàge chéngshì.
We are taking a boat to that city.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 船
这是一个很老的 城 市。
Zhè shì yí gè hěn lǎo de chéngshì.
This is a very old city.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 老
这个 城 市有一百万人。
Zhège chéngshì yǒu yìbǎi wàn rén.
This city has a million people.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 万
我一直想去看看长 城 。
Wǒ yìzhí xiǎng qù kànkan Chángchéng.
I have always wanted to go and see the Great Wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 长城
我出生在一个小 城 市。
Wǒ chūshēng zài yí ge xiǎo chéngshì.
I was born in a small city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 出生
他在这个 城 市当导游。
Tā zài zhège chéngshì dāng dǎoyóu.
He works as a tour guide in this city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 导游
这个 城 市发展得很快。
Zhège chéngshì fāzhǎn de hěn kuài.
This city is developing very fast.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 发展
两个 城 市的距离不远。
Liǎng ge chéngshì de jùlí bù yuǎn.
The distance between the two cities is not far.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 距离
这是一座美丽的 城 市。
Zhè shì yí zuò měilì de chéngshì.
This is a beautiful city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 美丽
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From the graded readers
小雨要去另一个 城 市工作了。
xiǎo yǔ yāo qù lìngyī gè chéngshì gōngzuòle.
Xiaoyu was leaving to work in another city.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
上海比我的 城 市大多了，也热闹多了。
shànghǎi bǐ wǒ de(possessive) chéngshì dàduō le / liǎo / liào, yě rènao duōle.
Shanghai is far bigger than my city, and far livelier.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
去年冬天，我在一个陌生的 城 市迷路了。
qùnián dōngtiān, wǒ zài yīgè mòshēng de / dì chéngshì mílù le / liǎo / liào.
Last winter I got lost in a city I didn't know.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
她摇了摇头，说：“毕业以后，大家去了不同的 城 市。”
tā yáo le / liǎo / liào yáo tóu, shuō:" bìyè yǐhòu, dàjiā qùle bùtóng de / dì chéngshì."
She shook her head and said, "After we graduated everyone went to different cities."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
城 appears in 95 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 城
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 城
How is 城 used in a sentence?
This page shows 95 sentences using 城 (chéng, "City (town)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 城 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 城 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 城?
The dictionary page for 城 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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