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  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
alternative name for Shanghai 上海 / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / abbr. for 費拉德爾菲亞|费拉德尔菲亚
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)
Macheng, county-level city in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈, Hubei
Wucheng county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
nickname for Chengdu 成都
Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang
Kowloon City, Hong Kong
Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
to massacre everyone in a captured city
capital of prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) / prefectural seat
capital of a country
Manchester, England / Manchester City football club
ancient city
Dongcheng, a district of central Beijing
Shancheng district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan
whole city
Oklahoma City
Longcheng district of Chaoyang city 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning
Penang (Malaysian state)
county seat; county town
Fucheng county in Hengshui 衡水, Hebei
Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
siege / besieged city
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state
capital city
the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫
to lock down a city
Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Shicheng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
the Great Wall
lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国
invaluable / priceless
Mexico City, capital of Mexico
Yongcheng, county-level city in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan
casino town / nickname for Las Vegas
inner castle / donjon
Ibaraki prefecture in northeast Japan
border town / remote town
Qingcheng county in Qingyang 慶陽|庆阳, Gansu
Vatican City, capital of Holy See
Xincheng, county-level city in Huludao 葫蘆島|葫芦岛, Liaoning
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Panama City
Yingcheng, county-level city in Xiaogan 孝感市, Hubei
Taocheng district of Hengshui city 衡水市, Hebei
"satellite" town / edge city / exurb
semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates / crescent-shaped barbican
Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
Lincheng county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Kuancheng district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin / Kuancheng Manchu autonomous county in Chengde 承德, Hebei
enceinte of a city gate / barbican entrance to a city
Shuncheng, a district of Fushun 撫順市|抚顺市, Liaoning
Licheng, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市, Fujian
Dancheng county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan
Qiaocheng, a district of Bozhou City 亳州市, Anhui
Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone (Tw)
Lae, second-largest city in Papua New Guinea, capital of Morobe Province
Zhucheng, county-level city in Weifang 濰坊|潍坊, Shandong
Fengcheng Manzu autonomous county in Liaoning
to besiege (a town)
Xiangcheng district of Zhangzhou city 漳州市, Fujian
provincial capital
Xiangcheng, county-level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan
Xiangcheng county (Tibetan: phyag 'phreng rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Yangcheng county in Jincheng 晉城|晋城, Shanxi
Yicheng district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市, Shandong
Yuecheng district of Shaoxing city 紹興市|绍兴市, Zhejiang
citadel / defensive city / acropolis
Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
a second wall built around a city wall
Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
old city
famous city
Yangcheng, a nickname for 廣州|广州
Weicheng district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
the Lion City, nickname for Singapore 新加坡
Daocheng county (Tibetan: 'dab pa rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Zoucheng, county-level city in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
Bay nahiyisi (Baicheng county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
Rucheng county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
Echeng district of Ezhou city 鄂州市, Hubei
Chicheng county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Gongcheng Yao autonomous county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
Liangcheng county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布, Inner Mongolia

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