城 chéng
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noun
a city / a town
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography 地理学
Notes: In the sense of 城市 (Guoyu '城' n 2; Mathews 1931 '城', p. 49; Unihan '城'; XHZD '城' 2, p. 85) -
noun
a city wall
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '城' 1, p. 48; Guoyu '城' n 1; Mathews 1931 '城', p. 49; XHZD '城' 1, p. 85) -
verb
to fortify
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '城' 1a, p. 48; Guoyu '城' v) -
noun
a fort / a citadel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '城' 2a, p. 48)
Contained in
- 城市 city
- 商城 shopping center / department store / a large market place
- 城镇(城鎮) cities and towns / city / town
- 城乡(城鄉) city and countryside
- 众志成城(眾志成城) the [unified] will of many people is an fortress
- 万里长城(萬里長城) the Great Wall
- 县城(縣城) county seat / county town
- 城铁(城鐵) metro
- 九城 the capital
- 城市化 to urbanize
- 价值连城(價值連城) invaluable / priceless
- 城隍 city wall and moat / dry moat ; City God
- 城邦 a city state
- 古城 a historic city / an old town
- 城邑 a city / a town
- 护城河(護城河) a moat
- 都城 capital city
- 城门(城門) a city gate
- 城墙(城牆) a city wall
- 王城 Angkor Thom ; royal city
- 天城文 Devanagari
- 城文 Nagari
- 名城 famous city
- 故城 a historic city
- 高城 Goseong ; Gao Cheng ; high walls
Also contained in
长城 、 紫禁城 、 东城区 、 舍卫大城 、 彭城 、 蒙城 、 钓鱼城之战 、 列城 、 坛城 、 吴哥城 、 吴哥通王城 、 汉安城 、 王舍城 、 拜城 、 媲摩城 、 丹城面 、 夜半踰城 、 广严城 、 平城 、 楼兰故城 、 赵城金藏 、 大城王朝 、 化城喻 、 横城 、 汉城 、 伽耶城
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- 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 436
- 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 369
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 213
- 卷八十七 志第四十 地理三 Volume 87 Treatises 40: Geography 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 198
- 卷四十三下 志第三十三下 地理七下 Volume 43b Treatises 38: Gepgraphy 7b New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 170
- 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 161
- 卷三十九 志第二十九 地理三 Volume 39 Treatises 33: Gepgraphy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 108
- 卷106下 地形志二下 Volume 106c Treatise 2: Terrain 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 106
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 102
- 卷30 志第25 地理中 Volume 30 Treatises 25: Geography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 97
Collocations
- 司城 (司城) 公子蕩為司城 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 19
- 城濮 (城濮) 公會齊侯於城濮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 9
- 诸侯城 (諸侯城) 諸侯城之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
- 人城 (人城) 陳人城板隊而殺人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 师城 (師城) 費伯帥師城郎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
- 遂城 (遂城) 遂城而居之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 城虎 (城虎) 遂城虎牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 城杞 (城杞) 城杞 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 城费 (城費) 城費 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 城小 (城小) 城小穀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3