"Shanghai is a big city."

Translation: 上海是一个大城市。

[RobinThor]

Is 上海是大城市 also correct?

[kokaku]

isn't there a measure word for towns?

in general, is 个 always a safe fallback if you cannot remember a specific measure word?

[Jerryy2012]

’个‘ is fine for towns, cities, or countries, but ‘座’ sounds better. There are lots of cases that you can use ’个‘, but it is not always safe. For example, you cannot use ’个‘ to count televisions, trees, beds, etc.

[RemieSmith]

What's the pin-yin for that character?

[WhalesAreCute]

gè

[ymaarrawi]

What's wrong with 上海很大的城市？

[erudis]

I feel like that would be 上海是很大的城市, but I'm not a native speaker.

[pablopublico]

You say 他很高, not 他是很高。

[Gabrielle145359]

The difference in this case is that there is a noun (城市) after the adjective.

[Martinolog]

上海是一个很大的城市 would that work?

[Marosaxamit]

WTF ? Why I can´t use 座 instand of 个 ?