帝都

帝都

1. imperial capital

   • 日本晁卿辭帝都，
     征帆一片繞蓬壺。
     明月不歸沈碧海，
     白雲愁色滿蒼梧。
     日本晁卿辞帝都，
     征帆一片绕蓬壶。
     明月不归沉碧海，
     白云愁色满苍梧。

     From: circa 753 or 754, Li Bai（李白）, 《哭晁卿衡》, translated by Rewi Alley

     Rìběn Cháo qīng cí dìdōu,
     Zhēngfān yī piàn rào pénghú.
     Míngyuè bù guī chén bìhǎi,
     Báiyún chóu sè mǎn cāngwú.

     Friend Chao Heng, you left us in the capital and sailed to the Fragrant Islands. Now the moon has sunk into the blue sea and will never return, leaving the whole of China clouded in sadness.

2. (literally or ironic, humorous) derogatory name for Beijing: the capital of China

• (imperial capital):

• (Beijing): 北京 (Běijīng), (historical) 北平 (Běipíng), (historical, archaic) 燕京 (Yānjīng)

• 魔都 (Módū, “Shanghai”)
• 妖都 (Yāodū, “Guangzhou”)

• (Tokyo) てーと (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

帝(てい)都(と) • (teito) 

1. imperial capital
2. Tokyo, the capital of Imperial Japan

   帝都(ていと)不祥事件(ふしょうじけん)

   teito fushō jiken

   Scandalous incident at the imperial capital (February 26 incident)