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county town (similar type of town in China) noun [UK: ˈkaʊn.ti taʊn] [US: ˈkaʊn.ti ˈtaʊn] | 县城 /xiànchéng/noun 縣城noun |
downtown [downtowns] (either the lower, or the business center of a city or town) noun [UK: ˈdaʊn.taʊn] [US: ˈdaʊn.taʊn] | 中央商业区 /zhōngyāng shāngyèqū/noun 中央商業區noun |
Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone) proper noun [UK: ˈfriː.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈfriː.ˌtɑːwn] | 弗裡敦proper noun 弗里敦 /Fúlǐdūn/proper noun |
George Town (capital of Penang, Malaysia) proper noun | 乔治市 /Qiáozhìshì/proper noun 喬治市proper noun |
Georgetown (capital of Guyana) proper noun [UK: ˈdʒɔːʤ.ˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈdʒɔːrʤ.ˌtɑːwn] | 乔治敦 /Qiáozhìdūn/proper noun 喬治敦proper noun |
ghost town (town which has become deserted) noun [UK: ɡəʊst taʊn] [US: ɡoʊst ˈtaʊn] | 鬼城 /guǐchéng/noun 鬼鎮noun 鬼镇 /guǐzhèn/noun |
hometown [hometowns] (place of birth or residence) noun [UK: ˈhomˌtɑːwn] [US: ˈhomˌtɑːwn] | 家乡 /jiāxiāng/noun 家鄉noun 故乡 /gùxiāng/noun 故鄉noun 老家 /lǎojiā/noun |
Kingstown (capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) proper noun [UK: ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn] [US: ˈkɪŋzˌtaʊn] | 金斯敦 /Jīnsīdūn/proper noun |
Koreatown (a Korean district outside Korea) noun [UK: kə.ˈriːə.ˌtɑːwn] [US: kə.ˈriːə.ˌtɑːwn] | 韓國城noun |
paint the town red (party in a rowdy, wild manner) verb [UK: peɪnt ðə taʊn red] [US: ˈpeɪnt ðə ˈtaʊn ˈred] | |
satellite town (self-contained town near a metropolis) noun [UK: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ] [US: ˈsæ.tə.laɪt.taʊ.nʌ] | 衛星都市noun |
shantytown [shantytowns] (area containing a collection of shacks and shanties) noun [UK: ˈʃæn.tɪ.taʊn] [US: ˈʃæn.ti.ˌtɑːwn] | 棚户区 /pénghùqū/noun |
skip town (abscond from one's place of residence suddenly) verb | 潛逃verb 潜逃 /qiántáo/verb 跑掉 /pǎodiào/verb 跑路 /pǎolù/verb 逃匿 /táonì/verb |
sundown town (place that prohibits certain people from living there) noun | |
talk of the town (a topic or person discussed by many people) noun [UK: ˈtɔːk əv ðə taʊn] [US: ˈtɔːk əv ðə ˈtaʊn] | |
uptown [uptowns] (the residential part of a city) noun [UK: ˌʌp.ˈtaʊn] [US: ˈʌp.ˈtaʊn] | 居民区 /jūmínqū/noun |