Chinese symbol for “town”
城镇
chéng zhèn
Traditional: 城鎮
town; cities and towns
The closest CC-CEDICT match for town is 城镇 (chéng zhèn), defined as: town; cities and towns.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “town”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 集镇 (集鎮) | jí zhèn | town |
| 镇子 (鎮子) | zhèn zi | town; village |
| 城 | chéng | city walls; city |
| 聚落 | jù luò | settlement; dwelling place |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 城镇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 城乡 (城鄉) | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 城堡 | chéng bǎo | castle; rook (chess piece) |
| 城区 (城區) | chéng qū | city district; urban area |
| 县城 (縣城) | xiàn chéng | county seat; county town |
| 镇压 (鎮壓) | zhèn yā | suppression; repression |
| 小镇 (小鎮) | xiǎo zhèn | small town; village |
| 乡镇 (鄉鎮) | xiāng zhèn | townships and towns (collective term for the two principal township-level administrative divisions); small towns (general sense) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “town”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.