合肥市

HéféiShì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Hefei, capital of Anhui Province
2 prefecture-level city in east-central China

Characters

to combine, to join

fat; fertile (here part of place name)

city, municipality

Examples

合肥市是安徽省的省会。

Héféishì shì Ānhuīshěng de shěng huì.

Hefei is the capital of Anhui Province.

中国科学技术大学在合肥市。

Zhōngguó Kēxué jìshù Dàxué zài Héféishì.

The University of Science and Technology of China is in Hefei.

Tips

culture

合肥 is a major science-and-tech hub: home to USTC (中国科大) and large R&D in quantum computing and display panels. Locals sometimes nickname it 庐州 (Lúzhōu) after its old name.

Stroke Order

合 hé

肥 féi

市 shì