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

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

imperial capital
(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])[1]
IPA^(key): [te̞ːto̞]

Noun

帝(てい)都(と) • (teito)

imperial capital
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)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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