帝都

Chinese

		emperor	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
simp. and trad. (帝都)		帝	都

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìdū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai³ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìdū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìdu
    • Wade–Giles: ti⁴-tu¹
    • Yale: dì-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dihdu
    • Palladius: диду (didu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai³ dou¹
    • Yale: dai dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai³ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei³ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯³³ tou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

帝都

1. imperial capital
2. (literally or ironic, humorous) Beijing (lit. "capital of the Emperor; capital of the Celestial Ruler")

Synonyms

• (imperial 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)
• 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)

 

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (帝都):

• → Japanese: 帝(てい)都(と) (teito)
• → Korean: 제도(帝都) (jedo)

See also

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
帝	都
てい Grade: S	と Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
帝都 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) て​ーと [téꜜètò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [te̞ːto̞]

Noun

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)