帝都

Chinese

		emperor	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
simp. and trad. (帝都)		帝	都

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìdū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìdū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìdu
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-tu¹
    • Yale: dì-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihdu
    • Palladius: диду (didu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai³ dou¹
    • Yale: dai dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai³ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei³ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³ tou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

帝都

1. imperial capital

   • 日本晁卿辭帝都，
     征帆一片繞蓬壺。
     明月不歸沈碧海，
     白雲愁色滿蒼梧。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     日本晁卿辞帝都，
     征帆一片绕蓬壶。
     明月不归沉碧海，
     白云愁色满苍梧。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa 753 or 754, Li Bai（李白）, 《哭晁卿衡》, translated by Rewi Alley

     Rìběn Cháo qīng cí dìdōu,
     Zhēngfān yī piàn rào pénghú.
     Míngyuè bù guī chén bìhǎi,
     Báiyún chóu sè mǎn cāngwú. [Pinyin]

     Friend Chao Heng, you left us in the capital and sailed to the Fragrant Islands. Now the moon has sunk into the blue sea and will never return, leaving the whole of China clouded in sadness.

2. (literally or ironic, humorous) Beijing (lit. "capital of the Emperor; capital of the Celestial Ruler")

Synonyms

• (imperial capital):

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• 上國 / 上国 (shàngguó) (literary)
• 京城 (jīngchéng) (literary)
• 京師 / 京师 (jīngshī) (literary)
• 京華 / 京华 (jīnghuá) (literary)
• 京邑 (jīngyì) (literary)
• 京都 (jīngdū) (literary)
• 國家 / 国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 國都 / 国都 (guódū)
• 王京 (wángjīng) (literary, royal capital)
• 王都 (wángdū) (formal, royal capital)
• 皇州 (huángzhōu) (literary, imperial capital)
• 神州 (shénzhōu) (literary)
• 都城 (dūchéng)
• 都邑 (dūyì) (literary)
• 都門 / 都门 (dūmén) (literary)
• 鎬京 / 镐京 (hàojīng) (literary)
• 長安 / 长安 (cháng'ān) (literary, figurative)
• 首都 (shǒudū)

 

• (Beijing): 北京 (Běijīng), (historical) 北平 (Běipíng), (historical, archaic) 燕京 (Yānjīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (帝都):

• → Japanese: 帝(てい)都(と) (teito)
• → Korean: 제도(帝都) (jedo)

See also

• 魔都 (Módū, “Shanghai”)
• 妖都 (Yāodū, “Guangzhou”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
帝	都
てい Grade: S	と Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
帝都 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てーと [téꜜètò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ːto̞]

Noun

帝(てい)都(と) • (teito) 

1. imperial capital
2. Tokyo, the capital of Imperial Japan

   帝都(ていと)不祥事件(ふしょうじけん)

   teito fushō jiken

   Scandalous incident at the imperial capital (February 26 incident)