鎬京

Chinese

		bright; place name; stove bright; place name; stove; a pick	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
trad. (鎬京)		鎬	京
simp. (镐京)		镐	京

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Hàojīng, hàojīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥ, ㄏㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou⁶ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Hàojīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Hàojing
    • Wade–Giles: Hao⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: Hàu-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Hawjing
    • Palladius: Хаоцзин (Xaoczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàojīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàojing
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: hàu-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawjing
    • Palladius: хаоцзин (xaoczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou⁶ ging¹
    • Yale: houh gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁶ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁶ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²² kɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hawX kjaeng

Rime
Character	鎬	京
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	胡老切	舉卿切
Baxter	hawX	kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑuX/	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑuX/	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑuX/	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦawX/	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣɑuX/	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣɑuX/	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɑuX/	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hào	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou6	ging1

Proper noun

鎬京

1. (historical) Hao (a former capital of China under the Zhou Dynasty, now within Xi'an, Shaanxi.)

   Synonyms: 鎬／镐, 宗周

   Hypernym: 豐鎬／丰镐

Noun

鎬京

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

Synonyms

• 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)
• 都邑 (dūyì) (literary)
• 長安／长安 (cháng'ān) (literary, figurative)
• 首都 (shǒudū)