费城

費城

Fèichéng

noun #4,210

Meanings

1 Philadelphia

Characters

expense; (phonetic)

费 is a phonetic transliteration of 'Phi-', while 城 (city) is a semantic suffix

Examples

费城是美国的历史名城。

Fèichéng shì Měiguó de lìshǐ míngchéng.

Philadelphia is a historic American city.

他在费城上大学。

Tā zài Fèichéng shàng dàxué.

He goes to college in Philadelphia.

Tips

memory

费 sounds like the 'phi' in Philadelphia, and 城 means 'city' — so 费城 is literally 'Phi-city'.

In Pop Culture

费城故事 Fèichéng Gùshì

Philadelphia (1993 film)

film

Stroke Order

费 fèi

城 chéng