Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (25)
Final () (121) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyeng dzyiX
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛŋ/ /ʑiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chéng shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing4 si6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 1418 11611
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djeŋ/ /*djɯʔ/

Noun

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城市

  1. city; town (Classifier: ; )
    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
    這個城市多久 [MSC, trad.]
    这个城市多久 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zài zhège chéngshì zhù le duōjiǔ le? [Pinyin]
    How long have you been living in this city?
    幾乎未曾離開這個城市 [MSC, trad.]
    几乎未曾离开这个城市 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ jīhū wèicéng líkāi guò zhège chéngshì. [Pinyin]
    I have hardly ever been out of this city.
    戰爭城市幾經易手 [MSC, trad.]
    战争城市几经易手 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài zhànzhēng zhōng, zhè ge chéngshì jǐjīng yìshǒu. [Pinyin]
    The city changed hands several times during the war.

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