省會

See also: 省会

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (省會)		省	會
simp. (省会)		省	会

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shěnghuì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² wui⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sén-fi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): séng-hōe / séⁿ-hōe

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên² huê⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shěnghuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shěnghuèi
  - Wade–Giles: shêng³-hui⁴
  - Yale: shěng-hwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheenghuey
  - Palladius: шэнхуэй (šɛnxuej)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang² wui⁶
  - Yale: sáang wuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang² wui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang² wui⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ wuːi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sén-fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen` fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen³ fi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sen³¹ fi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-hōe
  - Tâi-lô: síng-huē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefnghoe
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séⁿ-hōe
  - Tâi-lô: sénn-huē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svefhoe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên² huê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: séⁿ huĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ⁵²⁻³⁵ hue³⁵/

Noun

省會

provincial capital
成都是四川的省會。 [MSC, trad.]
成都是四川的省会。 [MSC, simp.]
Chéngdū shì Sìchuān de shěnghuì. [Pinyin]
Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan.

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

Dialectal synonyms of 省會 (“provincial capital”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		省會, 省城, 省治, 省垣
Mandarin	Taiwan	省會, 省城
Cantonese	Guangzhou	省城
	Hong Kong	省城, 省會
	Dongguan	省城
Hakka	Meixian	省城
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	省會, 省城
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	省會, 省城
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	省會, 省城
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	省會, 省城
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	省會, 省城
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	省會, 省城
Southern Min	Xiamen	省會
	Quanzhou	省會
	Zhangzhou	省會
	Jieyang	省城