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): ㄉㄨ ㄔㄥˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄔㄥˊ
    • 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

1. national capital

   夏代都城  ―  Xiàdài dūchéng  ―  the capital cities of the Xia dynasty

2. (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

1. (～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) 

1. Miyakonojō, Miyazaki