首都

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Chinese

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head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
metropolis; capital city; all
metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
 
simp. and trad.
(首都)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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首都

  1. capital; capital city (of a country) (Classifier: )
    首都功能  ―  fēi shǒudū gōngnéng  ―  non-capital functions
    倫敦英國首都 [MSC, trad.]
    伦敦英国首都 [MSC, simp.]
    Lúndūn shì Yīngguó de shǒudū. [Pinyin]
    London is the capital of the UK.

Usage notes

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When translating the English term capital city, 首都 (shǒudū) is used 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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (首都):
  • Japanese: 首都(しゅと) (shuto)
  • Korean: 수도(首都) (sudo)
  • Vietnamese: thủ đô (首都)

Others:

See also

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
しゅ
Grade: 2

Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
首都 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しゅ)() (shuto

  1. capital, capital city
    東京(とうきょう)日本(にっぽん)首都(しゅと)です
    Tōkyō wa Nippon no shuto desu.
    Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
    京都(きょうと)かつて日本(にっぽん)首都(しゅと)でした
    Kyōto wa katsute Nippon no shuto deshita.
    Kyoto was once Japan's capital.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 しゅ‐と 【首都】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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首都 (sudo) (hangeul 수도)

  1. hanja form? of 수도 (the capital of a country)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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首都

  1. chữ Hán form of thủ đô (capital, capital city).