城西

chéngxī

noun

Meanings

1 west side of the city
2 western part of town

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他家住在城西。

Tā jiā zhù zài chéngxī.

His family lives in the west part of the city.

HSK 2

城西新开了一家大超市。

Chéngxī xīn kāi le yì jiā dà chāoshì.

A big supermarket just opened on the west side of town.

Tips

usage

Compass-plus-城 forms a family: 城东 / 城西 / 城南 / 城北 for the four sides of a city, and 城中 / 城郊 for center and outskirts. All are directional nouns, not proper names.

Stroke Order

城 chéng

西 xī