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city; town / CL:
HSK 3
public transport vehicle / town bus / CL: 輛|辆
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *乡* | 乡* | *乡
country or countryside / native place / home village or town / township (PRC administrative unit)
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
town / cities and towns
HSK 6
to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
HSK 1
Zhushan or Chushan Town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
Jericho (town in West Bank)
Montpellier (French town)
Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town
Jincheng (common place name) / Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France
a stranger / out-of-towner
Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
small town; village
county seat; county town
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
Heping or Peace district (of many towns) / Heping district of Tianjin municipality 天津市 / Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
person from the same village, town, or province
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
HSK 7-9
Ruifang or Juifang town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Batna, town in eastern Algeria
Pisa, town in Toscana, Italy
Guanshan or Kuanshan town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
town councilor / city councilor / alderman
Lugang or Lukang Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
(literary) towns / cities
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
one's home town or village
small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit
Liege, town in Belgium
(HK) rural area on the outskirts of a town or city; rural-urban fringe
Lijiang old town (in Yunnan)
Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇
Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan / Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Bayanhot Town, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟, Inner Mongolia
small town
marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
town planning
(military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc)
ancestral home (town) / birthplace
(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly
ghost town
Zhuolan or Cholan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
to besiege (a town)
Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
casino town / nickname for Las Vegas
"satellite" town / edge city / exurb
Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name)
Tuku town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Srebrenica, town in Bosnia-Herzegovina
new town; planned community
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies
Beigang or Peikang town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Kasimov (town in Russia)
person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower
Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Istres (French town)
Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
top 100 (e.g. top 100 towns)
Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany
Erlin or Erhlin Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India
Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县, west Taiwan
Luodong or Lotong Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
on the street / in town
Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island
Bo'ao, coastal town in Hainan, a tourist destination and the site of the annual Boao Forum for Asia
home town; native place
Manas, hero of Kyrghiz epic saga / Manas county and town in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
to return to one's home town
Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Zhudong or Chutung town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
Zhuolan or Cholan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Halifax (name) / Halifax city, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada / Halifax, town in West Yorkshire, England
Barca (nickname for FC Barcelona) / Baza (town in Grenada, Spain)
fair / market (in a public place) / small town
Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊
Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
old town / old district of a city
Xinzhuang, town in Minhang District 閔行區|闵行区, Shanghai
(idiom) town gossip / streetcorner conversations
agreement between the residents of a , an administrative district under a city or town (Tw)
Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Toucheng Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
towns and counties
Puli, town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan

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