市立

shìlì

adjective #32,066

Meanings

1 municipal
2 city-run
3 established by the city

Characters

city; municipal

establish; stand

Examples

他在台北市立图书馆工作。

Tā zài Táiběi shìlì túshūguǎn gōngzuò.

He works at the Taipei Municipal Library.

市立医院的挂号费比私立的便宜。

Shìlì yīyuàn de guàhào fèi bǐ sīlì de piányí.

Municipal hospitals charge less for registration than private ones.

孩子上的是市立小学。

Háizi shàng de shì shìlì xiǎoxué.

The kids go to a municipal primary school.

Tips

grammar

Attributive only: appears before a noun (市立医院, 市立学校) and does not stand alone as a predicate. Compare 国立 (national-run), 省立 (provincial-run), 私立 (private).

Stroke Order

市 shì

立 lì