县城

縣城
xiànchéng
noun #66,892

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 county town; county seat

Examples

HSK 4
Cóng cūn lǐ dào xiànchéng yào zuò yí ge xiǎoshí de chē.
It's an hour's ride from the village to the county town.
HSK 4
Tā gāozhōng bìyè hòu líkāi xiànchéng, qù Shànghǎi dǎgōng.
After high school he left the county town to work in Shanghai.

Tips

culture
A 县 'county' is mostly countryside around one main town, its 县城. In talk about modern China, 小县城 'small county town' stands for small-town life: cheaper and slower than the big cities, with close-knit social circles.

Stroke Order

县 xiàn
城 chéng