市立

shìlì

adjective #32,066

Meanings

1 municipal
2 city-run
3 established by the city

Characters

city; municipal

establish; stand

Examples

HSK 1

孩子上的是市立小学。

Háizi shàng de shì shìlì xiǎoxué.

The kids go to a municipal primary school.

HSK 4

他在台北市立图书馆工作。

Tā zài Táiběi shìlì túshūguǎn gōngzuò.

He works at the Taipei Municipal Library.

HSK 7-9

市立医院的挂号费比私立的便宜。

Shìlì yīyuàn de guàhàofèi bǐ sīlì de piányí.

Municipal hospitals charge less for registration than private ones.

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