首
都

Capital (city) in Chinese: 首都 (shǒu dū)

shǒu dū

capital (city)

HSK 3.0 Level 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1capital (city)

Stroke order

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首
都

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄡˇ

shǒu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄨ

dū

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ u—/ first tone

Example sentences

See 首都 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我住在首都。

    wǒ zhù zài shǒu dū。

    I live in the capital.

  • 首都天气有雨。

    shǒu dū tiān qì yǒu yǔ。

    The weather in the capital is rainy.

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Related words

都

dōu

all

首

shǒu

head

首先

shǒu xiān

first (of all)

大都

dà dōu

for the most part

全都

quán dōu

all

都市

dū shì

city

首次

shǒu cì

first

首脑

shǒu nǎo

head (of state)

首席

shǒu xí

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

首相

shǒu xiàng

prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)

都会

dū huì

city

俯首

fǔ shǒu

to bend one's head

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