城 (sing4) — (city) wall; castle in Cantonese
singˎ₄城Mandarin Pinyin: cheng2
Meaning of 城
noun(city) wall; castle
nounlarge commercial centre
nouncity; town
Example Sentences with 城
他本來想在沿海城市工作
At first he intended to work in a coastal city.
ngoˏ₅我lo2-zo2攞loeng5go3咗lai5baai3兩cinˎ₄個haiˊ²禮gwong2coeng4拜maaiˏ₅前go2-gin6-saam1喺heoi˗₃廣saiˊ²城買嗰件衫去洗
I took the shirt I bought two weeks ago at the shopping mall to be cleaned.
cyunˎ₄傳manˎ₄聞kuk˗₃擴saan˗₃散cyunˎ₄全sing4.城。
Rumors spread throughout the city.
loengˏ₅兩singˎ₄城soengˉ¹相gaak˗₃隔batˉ¹不jyunˏ₅遠。
The two cities are not far apart.
gungˉ¹公siˉ¹司singˎ₄城jukˍ₆域mongˏ₅網
The company's intranet.
Words Containing 城
城市生活sing4 si5 sang1 wut6
city life, things to do in the city
古城gu2 sing4
a temple; ancient city
衛星城wai6 sing1 sing4
satellite town; edge city; exurb | Note: Further out from the city centre than the suburbs.
九龍城gau2 lung4 sing4
Kowloon City
攻打四方城gung1 daa2 sei3 fong1 sing4
play mahjong (lit., "attack the four-sided city")
城關sing4 gwaan1
area outside a city gate
價值連城gaa3 zik6 lin4 sing4
worth several cities; invaluable; priceless
太古城taai3 gu2 sing4
Tai Koo Shing
九龍城寨gau2 lung4 sing4 zaai6
三不管
省城saang2 seng4
the provincial capital
地下城市dei6 haa6 sing4 si5
underground town, underground city
城裡sing4 leoi5
inside the city; in town
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