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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

古城

gǔchéng

ancient city

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

ancient city

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 古城 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 古城 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

这是一座古城。zhè shì yī zuò gǔ chéng。

This is a historic city.

罗马是座古城。luó mǎ shì zuò gǔ chéng。

Rome is an old city.

京都和奈良都是历史悠久的古城。jīng dū hé nài liáng dōu shì lì shǐ yōu jiǔ de gǔ chéng。

Nara is as old as Kyoto.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 古城.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 古城.

Directly before

  • 一座古城1
  • 座古城1
  • 的古城1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 古城

What does 古城 mean in Chinese?

古城 (gǔchéng) means ancient city.

How do you pronounce 古城?

古城 is pronounced gǔchéng.

Is 古城 an HSK word?

古城 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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