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

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.

Dialectal synonyms of 城市 (“city”) [map]