建都

Chinese

		to establish; to found; to set up to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct	capital
simp. and trad. (建都)		建	都

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàndū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gin³ dou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiàn-to͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàndū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàndu
    • Wade–Giles: chien⁴-tu¹
    • Yale: jyàn-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianndu
    • Palladius: цзяньду (czjanʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gin³ dou¹
    • Yale: gin dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gin³ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gin³ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːn³³ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiàn-to͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiàn-too
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kierndof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁵³ tɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

建都

1. to found a capital
2. to establish a city as a capital

Proper noun

建都

1. (historical) Jiandu, a former name of Xichang (西昌), a city in southern Sichuan, China