城池

Mandarin

Etymology

城 (city) + 池 (moat)

Noun

城池 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chéngchí)

1. (archaic) a walled city with a moat
2. (archaic) a city in general

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "城池" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-01-11.