城市

城市

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): chéngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): чыншы (čɨnšɨ, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ si⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sàng-sṳ
• Min Dong (BUC): siàng-chê
• Min Nan (POJ): siâⁿ-chhī / siâⁿ-chhǐ
• Wu (Wiktionary): zen zr (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: chéngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: чыншы (čɨnšɨ, I-III)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ʂʰə̃²⁴ ʂɨː⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ si⁵
    • Yale: sìhng síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ xi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ siː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàng-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sangˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sang² si⁴
    • IPA: /saŋ¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siàng-chê
    • IPA ^(key): /siaŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒɛi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-chhī
    • Tâi-lô: siânn-tshī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviachi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiã¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰi³³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ɕiã²⁴⁻¹² t͡ɕʰi²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiã²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiã²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâⁿ-chhǐ
    • Tâi-lô: siânn-tshǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiã²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zen zr (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /z̻əɲ²² z̻z̩⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʑiᴇŋ  d͡ʑɨ^X/▼

Rime
Character	城	市
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是征切	時止切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/	/d͡ʑieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/	/d͡ʑɨX/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/	/ʑiəX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/	/ʑĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/	/ʑiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng	shì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ  C.[d]əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ  djɯʔ/

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/

Noun

城市

1. city; town

   城市人口  ―  chéngshì rénkǒu  ―  urban population

   城市生活  ―  chéngshì shēnghuó  ―  urban life

   促進城市可持續發展 [MSC, trad.]
   促进城市可持续发展 [MSC, simp.]

   cùjìn chéngshì kěchíxùfāzhǎn [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?

   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.

Derived terms

Derived terms from 城市

友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì) 城市化 (chéngshìhuà) 城市改造 (chéngshì gǎizào) 城市更新 (chéngshì gēngxīn) 城市熱島效應／城市热岛效应 城市病 (chéngshìbìng) 城市網絡／城市网络 城市美容師／城市美容师 城市規劃／城市规划 (chéngshì guīhuà)

城市貧民／城市贫民 城市鐵路／城市铁路 城市雕塑 城管 (chéngguǎn) 城鎮／城镇 (chéngzhèn) 姊妹城市 (zǐmèi chéngshì) 姐妹城市 (jiěmèi chéngshì) 生態城市／生态城市 (shēngtài chéngshì) 花園城市／花园城市 (huāyuán chéngshì)

See also

• 城 (chéng)
• 村 (cūn)