市府

shìfǔ

noun #37,005

Meanings

1 municipal government; city government
2 city hall (as an institution)
3 (short for 市政府)

Characters

government office / mansion

Examples

市府决定新建一座体育馆。

Shìfǔ juédìng xīnjiàn yí zuò tǐyùguǎn.

The city government decided to build a new stadium.

市府广场是市民集会的地方。

Shìfǔ guǎngchǎng shì shìmín jíhuì de dìfang.

City Hall Square is where citizens gather.

市府大楼前有一面国旗。

Shìfǔ dàlóu qián yǒu yí miàn guóqí.

There's a national flag in front of the city hall building.

Tips

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市府 is the news-headline / formal short form of 市政府 (shìzhèngfǔ) — useful when space is tight, like in newspaper titles or names of buildings (市府大楼, 市府广场). In conversation people normally say the full 市政府.

Stroke Order

市 shì

府 fǔ