大理市

Dàlǐ Shì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Dali, county-level city in western Yunnan, seat of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒmen zài Dàlǐ Shì zhù le yí ge xīngqī.
We stayed in Dali City for a week.
HSK 5
Dàlǐ Shì de zhèngfǔ zài Xiàguān, bú zài gǔchéng lǐ.
Dali City's government sits in Xiaguan, not in the old town.

Tips

usage
In everyday speech the city is just 大理. The official 大理市 takes in both the old town of Dali and the newer city of 下关 at the south end of 洱海 Lake, where the offices, the railway station and most of the people are.

Stroke Order

大 dà
理 lǐ
市 shì