| 1 | 城市 | 城市 | chéng shì | cheng2 shi4 | city; town; Classifiers: 座 | | |
| 2 | 城 | 城 | chéng | cheng2 | city walls; city; town; Classifiers: 座 | | |
| 3 | 城里 | 城里 | chéng lǐ | cheng2 li3 | in the city | | |
| 4 | 城镇 | 城鎮 | chéng zhèn | cheng2 zhen4 | town; cities and towns | | |
| 5 | 县城 | 縣城 | xiàn chéng | xian4 cheng2 | county seat; county town | | |
| 6 | 长城 | 長城 | cháng chéng | Chang2 cheng2 | the Great Wall | | |
| 7 | 省城 | 省城 | shěng chéng | sheng3 cheng2 | provincial capital | | |
| 8 | 城墙 | 城牆 | chéng qiáng | cheng2 qiang2 | city wall | | |
| 9 | 城外 | 城外 | chéng wài | cheng2 wai4 | outside of a city | | |
| 10 | 京城 | 京城 | jīng chéng | jing1 cheng2 | capital of a country | | |
| 11 | 古城 | 古城 | gǔ chéng | gu3 cheng2 | Gucheng county in Xiangfan 襄樊 , Hubei; ancient city | | |
| 12 | 小城 | 小城 | xiǎo chéng | xiao3 cheng2 | small town | | |
| 13 | 城门 | 城門 | chéng mén | cheng2 men2 | city gate | | |
| 14 | 杨虎城 | 楊虎城 | yáng hǔ chéng | Yang2 Hu3 cheng2 | Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general | | |
| 15 | 城堡 | 城堡 | chéng bǎo | cheng2 bao3 | castle; rook (chess piece) | | |
| 16 | 莱城 | 萊城 | lái chéng | Lai2 Cheng2 | Lae, second-largest city in Papua New Guinea, capital of Morobe Province | | |
| 17 | 增城区 | 增城區 | zēng chéng qū | Zeng1 cheng2 Qu1 | Zengcheng district of Guangzhou city 广州市 , Guangdong | | |
| 18 | 藁城区 | 藁城區 | gǎo chéng qū | Gao3 cheng2 qu1 | Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang 石家庄 , Hebei | | |
| 19 | 城根 | 城根 | chéng gēn | cheng2 gen1 | sections of a city close to the city wall | | |
| 20 | 城阙 | 城闕 | chéng què | cheng2 que4 | watchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace | | |
| 21 | 生态城市 | 生態城市 | shēng tài chéng shì | sheng1 tai4 cheng2 shi4 | sustainable city | | |
| 22 | 永续城市 | 永續城市 | yǒng xù chéng shì | yong3 xu4 cheng2 shi4 | sustainable city (Tw) | | |
| 23 | 背城借一 | 背城借一 | bèi chéng jiè yī | bei4 cheng2 jie4 yi1 | to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch; to put up a desperate struggle | | |
| 24 | 扳回一城 | 扳回一城 | bān huí yī chéng | ban1 hui2 yi1 cheng2 | to recover some lost ground (in a competition) | | |
| 25 | 坐困愁城 | 坐困愁城 | zuò kùn chóu chéng | zuo4 kun4 chou2 cheng2 | to be walled in by one's own worries (idiom) | | |