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首都

shǒu dū

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

首都 (shǒu dū) means "capital (city)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 首都 means

1. capital (city)

The characters in 首都

• 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
• 都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already

Example sentences

• 我住在首都。
  I live in the capital.
• 首都天气有雨。
  The weather in the capital is rainy.
• 伯恩是瑞士首都。
  Bó'ēn shì Ruìshì shǒudū.
  Bern is the capital of Switzerland.
• 美国首都在哪儿？
  What is the capital of the United States?
• 他们拜访了首都。
  They visited the capital.
• 罗马是世界的首都。
  Luómǎ shì shìjiè de shǒudū.
  Rome is the capital of the world.

Words starting with 首都

• 首都机场Shǒu dū Jī chǎngBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
• 首都领地shǒu dū lǐng dìcapital territory; Australian Capital Territory (ACT) around Canberra 堪培拉
• 首都国际机场Shǒu dū Guó jì Jī chǎngBeijing Capital International Airport
• 首都经贸大学Shǒu dū Jīng mào Dà xuéCapital University of Business and Economics, Beijing
• 首都剧场Shǒu dū Jù chǎngthe Capital Theater (in Beijing)
• 首都经济贸易大学Shǒu dū Jīng jì Mào yì Dà xuéCapital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)

Words containing 首都

• 澳大利亚首都特区Ào dà lì yà Shǒu dū Tè qūAustralian Capital Territory

Where 首都 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Geography & places (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shǒu dū correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.