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费城

費城
Fèichéng
noun #4,210

Meanings

  1. 1 Philadelphia

Characters

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

Examples

HSK 1
他在费城上大学。
Tā zài Fèichéng shàng dàxué.
He goes to college in Philadelphia.
HSK 4
费城是美国的历史名城。
Fèichéng shì Měiguó de lìshǐ míngchéng.
Philadelphia is a historic American city.

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