京邑

Chinese

		capital; Beijing (abbrev.)	city
simp. and trad. (京邑)		京	邑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ jap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingyì
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-i⁴
    • Yale: jīng-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingyih
    • Palladius: цзинъи (czinʺi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ jap¹
    • Yale: gīng yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐp̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 京邑

1. (literary) capital city (of a country)

Usage notes

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

(deprecated template usage)

• 上國／上国 (shàngguó) (literary)
• 京城 (jīngchéng) (literary)
• 京師／京师 (jīngshī) (literary)
• 京華／京华 (jīnghuá) (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)
• 都城 (dūchéng)
• 都邑 (dūyì) (literary)
• 鎬京／镐京 (hàojīng) (literary)
• 長安／长安 (cháng'ān) (literary, figurative)
• 首都 (shǒudū)

 

See also

• 省會／省会 (shěnghuì)
• 首府 (shǒufǔ)