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首府

shǒu fǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

首府 (shǒu fǔ) means "capital city of an autonomous region". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 首府 means

1. capital city of an autonomous region

The characters in 首府

• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 府fǔseat of government; government repository (archive); official residence

Example sentences

• 兰辛是密西根州的首府。
  Lánxīn shì Mìxīgēn Zhōu de shǒufǔ.
  Lansing is the state capital of Michigan.
• 凤凰城是亚利桑那州的首府。
  Fènghuángchéng shì Yàlìsāngnàzhōu de shǒufǔ.
  Phoenix is the capital of Arizona.
• 一场毁灭性的地震袭击了这个州的首府。
  Yī chǎng huǐmièxìng de dìzhèn xíjī le zhège zhōu de shǒufǔ.
  A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.

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