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city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
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How to pronounce 城

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ch initial

Ch is for Charlie Chaplin.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

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城 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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surname Cheng
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to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
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Characters with 城 as component

城 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 城

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Mexico City, capital of Mexico
the Great Wall

Sentences with 城

城 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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chéng

city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

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