| 城 | chéng | city walls; city; town; CL:座,道,个 |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; CL:座 |
| 城里 | chéng lǐ | in the city |
| 城乡 | chéng xiāng | city and countryside |
| 县城 | xiàn chéng | county seat; county town |
| 大城 | Dà chéng | Dacheng county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei; Tacheng township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 城镇 | chéng zhèn | town; cities and towns |
| 长城 | Cháng chéng | the Great Wall |
| 省城 | shěng chéng | a provincial capital |
| 都城 | dū chéng | capital city |
| 城门 | chéng mén | city gate |
| 京城 | jīng chéng | capital of a country |
| 项城 | Xiàng chéng | Xiangcheng county level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
| 城墙 | chéng qiáng | city wall |
| 城郊 | chéng jiāo | suburbs; outskirts of a city |
| 古城 | gǔ chéng | old town |
| 新城 | Xīn chéng | Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien county 花莲县, east Taiwan |
| 城市规划 | chéng shì guī huà | town planning |
| 杨虎城 | Yáng Hǔ chéng | Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general |
| 汉城 | Hàn chéng | Hanseong, old name of Seoul as traditional capital of Korea and capital of South Korea; adopted new Chinese spelling 首尔 in 2005 |
| 城楼 | chéng lóu | city gate tower |
| 东城 | Dōng chéng | Dongcheng district of central Beijing |
| 小城 | xiǎo chéng | small town |
| 万里长城 | Wàn lǐ Cháng chéng | the Great Wall |
| 城隍 | Chéng Huáng | Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology) |
| 满城 | Mǎn chéng | Mancheng county in Baoding 保定, Hebei |
| 墨西哥城 | Mò xī gē chéng | Mexico City, capital of Mexico |
| 城区 | chéng qū | city district; urban area |
| 城堡 | chéng bǎo | castle; rook (chess piece) |
| 城郭 | chéng guō | a city wall |
| 肥城 | Féi chéng | Feicheng county level city in Tai'an 泰安, Shandong |
| 诸城 | Zhū chéng | Zhucheng county level city in Weifang 潍坊, Shandong |
| 山城 | Shān chéng | Shancheng district of Hebi city 鹤壁市, Henan |
| 占城 | Zhàn chéng | Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 |
| 围城 | wéi chéng | siege; besieged city; Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial |
| 城池 | chéng chí | city |
| 开城 | Kāi chéng | Kaesong or Gaeseong 개성 city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies |
| 南城 | Nán chéng | Nancheng county in Fuzhou 抚州, Jiangxi |
| 蒙城 | Méng chéng | Mengcheng county in Bozhou 亳州, Anhui |
| 交城 | Jiāo chéng | Jiaocheng county in Lüliang 吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西 |
| 府城 | fǔ chéng | capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times); prefectural seat |
| 环城 | huán chéng | encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc); around the city |
| 白帝城 | Bái dì chéng | Baidi town in Chongqing 重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction |
| 谷城 | Gǔ chéng | Gucheng county in Xiangfan 襄樊, Hubei |
| 麻城 | Má chéng | Macheng county level city in Huanggang 黄冈, Hubei |
| 盐城 | Yán chéng | Yancheng prefecture level city in Jiangsu |
| 城防 | chéng fáng | city defense |
| 上城区 | Shàng chéng qū | Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang |
| 下城区 | Xià chéng qū | Xiacheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang |
| 不到长城非好汉 | bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn | lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal |
