双城 (Shuāngchéng): twin cities (literal)

Meanings

1 twin cities (literal)
2 Shuangcheng (district of Harbin, Heilongjiang)
3 paired cities (urban planning term)

Characters

双

Examples

双城区在哈尔滨南部。

Shuāngchéng Qū zài Hā'ěrbīn nánbù.

Shuangcheng District is in the southern part of Harbin.

京津双城通勤已经很方便。

Jīng Jīn shuāngchéng tōngqín yǐjīng hěn fāngbiàn.

Commuting between the twin cities of Beijing and Tianjin is already very convenient.

Tips

culture

双城区 of Harbin was historically a Manchu banner garrison town called 双城堡, founded in 1815 to settle displaced banner households. Today 双城 also shows up as shorthand in urban-planning phrases: 京津双城 (Beijing-Tianjin), 沪宁双城 (Shanghai-Nanjing).