Chinese edit

capital; Beijing (abbrev.) city
simp. and trad.
(京邑)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (111) (142)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter kjaeng 'ip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiæŋ/ /ʔˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiaŋ/ /ʔᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiaŋ/ /ʔiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiajŋ/ /ʔjip̚/
Li
Rong
/kiɐŋ/ /ʔjəp̚/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐŋ/ /ĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐŋ/ /ʔi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīng yi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ging1 jap1

Noun edit

京邑

  1. (literary) capital city (of a country)

Usage notes edit

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.

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