都城
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already |
city walls; city; town | ||
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simp. and trad. (都城) |
都 | 城 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: duchéng
- Wade–Giles: tu1-chʻêng2
- Yale: dū-chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ducherng
- Palladius: дучэн (dučɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dou1 sing4
- Yale: dōu sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dou1 sing4
- Guangdong Romanization: dou1 xing4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tou̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: dou1 sian5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tou siâⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /tou³³⁻²³ sĩã⁵⁵/
- (Teochew)
Noun
[edit]都城
Usage notes
[edit]When translating the English term capital city, use 首都 (shǒudū) when referring to the capital of a country, 首府 (shǒufǔ) when referring to the capital of a state or autonomous region, and 省會/省会 (shěnghuì) when referring to the capital of a province. Alternative terms for the capital of a country include 國都/国都 (guódū), 京城 (jīngchéng), 京都 (jīngdū), 京邑 (jīngyì) and 都城 (dūchéng) all of which are more commonly used in literary language.
Synonyms
[edit]- (national capital):
- 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)
- 帝都 (dìdū) (imperial capital)
- 王京 (wángjīng) (literary, royal capital)
- 王都 (wángdū) (formal, royal capital)
- 皇州 (huángzhōu) (literary, imperial capital)
- 神州 (shénzhōu) (literary)
- 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)
- (city wall):
Proper noun
[edit]都城
- (~市) Miyakonojō (a city in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan)
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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都 | 城 |
みやこ(の) Grade: 3 |
じょう Grade: 4 |
yutōyomi |
Alternative spelling |
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都城 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]都城 • (Miyakonojō)
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- zh:Cities in Miyazaki Prefecture
- zh:Cities in Japan
- zh:Places in Miyazaki Prefecture
- zh:Places in Japan
- Japanese terms spelled with 都 read as みやこ
- Japanese terms spelled with 城 read as じょう
- Japanese terms read with yutōyomi
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