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城中

Mandarin · pinyin Chéng zhōng

see 城中區 Chéng zhōng Qū

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城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain

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2–1 · Cheng2 zhong1

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noun

within the city

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(～區) Chengzhong (a district of Liuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
(～區) Chengzhong (a district of Xining, Qinghai, China)
(～街道) Chengzhong (a subdistrict of Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
(～街道) Chengzhong (a subdistrict of Yarkant, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China)
(～村) Chengzhong (a village in Tancheng, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

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