"City" meaning in Chinese

See City in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /siːt̚⁵ tʰiː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /siːt̚⁵ tʰiː³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: sit¹ ti² [Cantonese, Jyutping], sīt tí [Cantonese, Yale], sit⁷ ti² [Cantonese, Pinyin], xid¹ ti² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Clipping of English CityU, short for city university. Etymology templates: {{clipping|yue|nocap=}} Clipping, {{der|yue|en|CityU}} English CityU, {{yue-etym-clip-en|CityU|nodot=1}} Clipping of English CityU, {{m|en|city university}} city university Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} City
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, informal) CityU; City University of Hong Kong Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, informal Synonyms: 城大 (Chéngdà)

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