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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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國
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都
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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guó
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dū
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ kwok ›
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‹ tu ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʷˁək/
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/*tˁa/
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| English
|
state (n.)
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capital city
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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國
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都
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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5547
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16968
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Phonetic
component
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或
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者
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Rime
group
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職
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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國
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都
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Old
Chinese
|
/*kʷɯːɡ/
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/*taː/
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Noun
國都
- national capital
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
- 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)
- 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)
Descendants
See also