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).