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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

镇子

zhènzi

town

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

town

02

village

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 镇子 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 镇子 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

我们在镇子这片很有名气。wǒ men zài zhèn zi zhè piàn hěn yǒu míng qì。

We're pretty well known around town.

这镇子现在跟十年前差别很大。zhè zhèn zi xiàn zài gēn shí nián qián chā bié hěn dà。

This town is quite different from what it was ten years ago.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 镇子.

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

Directly before

  • 这镇子1
  • 在镇子1

Directly after

  • 镇子现在1
  • 镇子这片1
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 镇子

What does 镇子 mean in Chinese?

镇子 (zhènzi) means town.

How do you pronounce 镇子?

镇子 is pronounced zhènzi.

Is 镇子 an HSK word?

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

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