边城

邊城

biānchéng

noun #35,715

Measure Word

一座边城 zuò

Meanings

1 border town
2 frontier town
3 remote town

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他在西南的一个边城长大。

Tā zài xīnán de yí gè biānchéng zhǎngdà.

He grew up in a border town in the southwest.

HSK 7-9

这座边城至今保留着古朴的风貌。

Zhè zuò biānchéng zhìjīn bǎoliú zhe gǔpǔ de fēngmào.

This border town has preserved its antique character to this day.

Tips

culture

《边城》 (Border Town) is also the title of Shen Congwen's 1934 novella set in a Hunan border village - one of the most beloved works of modern Chinese literature.

Stroke Order

边 biān

城 chéng