chéng​zhōng​cūn

village within a city

城中村 chéng​zhōng​cūn
village within a city
A village-style area located inside a city, often a former rural village that was surrounded by urban expansion; commonly characterized by crowded housing and a lack of modern infrastructure, similar to a shantytown or ghetto.

Frequency

Written text
2.72 per million

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)