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  *市* | 市* | *市
market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods
HSK 2
city; town / CL:
HSK 3
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  *线* | 线* | *线
thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條|条, , / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
HSK 3
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  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
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  *破* | 破* | *破
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of
HSK 3
capital (city) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
sisters / siblings / sister (school, city etc)
HSK 4
urban district / downtown / city center
HSK 4
serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
HSK 5
city district / urban area
HSK 6
city resident
HSK 6
town / cities and towns
HSK 6
power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off
HSK 6
city and countryside
HSK 6
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
HSK 6
city; metropolis
HSK 6
within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic
HSK 7-9
city / metropolis
HSK 7-9
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  *陷* | 陷* | *陷
pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect
HSK 7-9
city wall
HSK 7-9
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
HSK 7-9
countryside / areas outside the city
HSK 7-9
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
HSK 7-9
capital city of an autonomous region
HSK 7-9
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
HSK 7-9
remote / desolate / far from the city
HSK 7-9
Tianshui, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
Huangyan district of Taizhou city 台州市, Zhejiang
Pingxi or Pinghsi township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Fengyang, a county in Chuzhou City 滁州市, Anhui
Shandan, a county in Zhangye City 張掖市|张掖市, Gansu
Lüyuan district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
Benxi, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省
Ye County or Yexian, a county in Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市, Henan
Tumxuk shehiri (Tumshuq city) or Túmùshūkè subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
Jiujiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
Jinjiang, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市, Fujian
Qingbaijiang district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
Tamagawa city in Akita prefecture, Japan
Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Seattle, city in Washington State
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *京* | 京* | *京
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)
Johor Bahru (city in Malaysia)
Rong County or Rongxian, a county in Yulin City 玉林市, Guangxi
Shixing, a county in Shaoguan City 韶關市|韶关市, Guangdong
Yinzhou district of Tieling city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning
Cotonou (city in Benin)
Suxian, a district of Chenzhou City 郴州市, Hunan
Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
Taining, a county in Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
Ko Wen-je (1959-), Taiwanese independent politician, Mayor of Taipei City from 2014
city hall / city government
Yangzhong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
Jingdezhen, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省
Wuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市, Shaanxi / Chencang district of Baoji City
Xuanwei, a county-level city in Qujing City 曲靖市, Yunnan
Yongzhou, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
Shuocheng district of Shuozhou city 朔州市, Shanxi
Chuanhui, a district of Zhoukou City 周口市, Henan
Muping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
Yongkang, a district of Tainan City 臺南市|台南市, Taiwan
Huaiyin district of Huai'an city 淮安市, Jiangsu
Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration)
Taonan, a county-level city in Baicheng City 白城市, Jilin
Basra (city in Iraq)
Ordos, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区
Anning, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市, Gansu
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *郑* | 郑* | *郑
Zheng, a Zhou-dynasty state in the vicinity of present-day Xinzheng 新鄭|新郑, a county-level city in Henan / abbr. for Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州, the capital of Henan / surname Zheng
Zhaoyang district of Zhaotong city 昭通市, Yunnan
Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
Xiangxiang, a county-level city in Xiangtan City 湘潭市, Hunan
Suining, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Potou, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
Putian, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Luxor, city in Egypt
Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
suburbs / city outskirts
Qixing, a district of Guilin City 桂林市, Guangxi
Yuyao, a county-level city in Ningbo City 寧波市|宁波市, Zhejiang
Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市, Jiangsu
Heyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Changji, county-level city in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
Changle, a district of Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
Taiqian, a county in Puyang City 濮陽市|濮阳市, Henan
Hami, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区
Yanzhou, a district of Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong
Weibin, a district of Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市, Henan
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan
Zaoyang, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄陽市|襄阳市, Hubei
ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang
Longyan, prefecture-level city in Fujian Province 福建省
Zhengxiang district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市, Hunan
Genhe, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia
Bincheng district of Binzhou city 濱州市|滨州市, Shandong
Donghu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Liwan, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
Longgang district of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市, Liaoning

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