都邑

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ jap¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duyì
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹-i⁴
    • Yale: dū-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duyih
    • Palladius: дуи (dui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ jap¹
    • Yale: dōu yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ yeb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ jɐp̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tu 'ip

Rime
Character	都	邑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	侵 (142)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	當孤切	於汲切
Baxter	tu	'ip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuo/	/ʔˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tuo/	/ʔᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/to/	/ʔiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔ/	/ʔjip̚/
Li Rong	/to/	/ʔjəp̚/
Wang Li	/tu/	/ĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuo/	/ʔi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dū	yi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou1	jap1

Noun

都邑

1. (literary) metropolis; major city
2. (literary) capital city (of a country)

Synonyms

• (metropolis):

• 大城市 (dà chéngshì)
• 大邦 (dàbāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 大都市 (dàdūshì)
• 大都會／大都会 (dàdūhuì)
• 都 (Classical Chinese or in compounds)
• 都市 (dūshì)
• 都會／都会 (dūhuì)

 

• (capital city):

• 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)
• 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)
• 鎬京／镐京 (hàojīng) (literary)
• 長安／长安 (cháng'ān) (literary, figurative)
• 首都 (shǒudū)