都城

Chinese

		metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already	city walls; city; town
simp. and trad. (都城)		都	城

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dūchéng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ sing⁴
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dou¹ sian⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dūchéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: duchéng
  - Wade–Giles: tu¹-chʻêng²
  - Yale: dū-chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ducherng
  - Palladius: дучэн (dučɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
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/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dou¹ sian⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tou siâⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou³³⁻²³ sĩã⁵⁵/

Noun

都城

national capital
夏代都城 ― Xiàdài dūchéng ― the capital cities of the Xia dynasty
(literary) city wall

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

(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)
鎬京／镐京 (hàojīng) (literary)
長安／长安 (cháng'ān) (literary, figurative)
首都 (shǒudū)

(city wall):

城垣 (chéngyuán) (literary)
城垛 (chéngduǒ)
城牆／城墙 (chéngqiáng)

Proper noun

都城

(～市) Miyakonojō (a city in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	城
みやこ(の) Grade: 3	じょう Grade: 4
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
都城 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mʲija̠ko̞no̞ʑo̞ː]

Proper noun

都(みやこの)城(じょう) • (Miyakonojō)

Miyakonojō, Miyazaki

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