都市

Chinese

		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	market; city
simp. and trad. (都市)		都	市

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ si⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tû-sṳ
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): to͘-chhǐ / to͘-chhī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dushìh
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: dū-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dushyh
    • Palladius: души (duši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ si⁵
    • Yale: dōu síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ siː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tû-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: du´ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: du¹ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tu²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-chhǐ
    • Tâi-lô: too-tshǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ t͡ɕʰi²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-chhī
    • Tâi-lô: too-tshī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dochi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi³³/

Noun

都市

1. metropolis; major city

Synonyms

• 大城市 (dà chéngshì)
• 大邦 (dàbāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 大都市 (dàdūshì)
• 大都會／大都会 (dàdūhuì)
• 都 (Classical Chinese or in compounds)
• 都會／都会 (dūhuì)
• 都邑 (dūyì) (Classical Chinese)

 

Derived terms

• 大都市 (dàdūshì)
• 衛星都市／卫星都市 (wèixīng dūshì)
• 都市之肺
• 都市傳說／都市传说 (dūshì chuánshuō)
• 都市化 (dūshìhuà)
• 都市病
• 都市美男 (dūshì měinán)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (都市):

• → Japanese: 都市(とし) (toshi)
• → Korean: 도시(都市) (dosi)
• → Vietnamese: đô thị (都市)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	市
と Grade: 3	し Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
都市 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と​し [tóꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɕi]

Noun

都(と)市(し) • (toshi) 

1. city; town

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
都	市

Noun

都市 • (dosi) (hangeul 도시)

1. Hanja form^? of 도시 (“city”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
都	市

Noun

都市

1. chữ Hán form of đô thị (“city”).