城西

chéngxī

noun

Meanings

1 west side of the city
2 western part of town

Characters

Examples

他家住在城西。

Tā jiā zhù zài chéngxī.

His family lives in the west part of the city.

城西新开了一家大超市。

Chéngxī xīn kāi le yì jiā dà chāoshì.

A big supermarket just opened on the west side of town.

Tips

usage

Compass-plus-城 forms a family: 城东 / 城西 / 城南 / 城北 for the four sides of a city, and 城中 / 城郊 for center and outskirts. All are directional nouns, not proper names.

Stroke Order

城 chéng

西 xī