首都
shǒu dū
Pinyin

Definition

首都
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shǒu dū
  1. capital (city)
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

都
Dū
  1. 1 surname Du
回首
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
成都
Chéng dū
  1. 1 Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
都市
dū shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 metropolis
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc

Idioms (20)

低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)

Sample Sentences

在首都罗马，多个主要景点早早关闭，包括斗兽场和古罗马广场。
zài shǒudū Luómǎ ，duō ge zhǔyào jǐngdiǎn zǎozāo guānbì ，bāokuò dòushòuchǎng hé gǔluómǎguǎngchǎng 。
In the capital Rome, several sightseeing attractions were closed early including the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.
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本次航班飞往首都机场。
běn cì hángbān fēiwǎng Shǒudū jīchǎng 。
This flight is bound for the Capital Airport.
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当然，北京是中国的首都，也是中国的政治中心。
dāngrán ，Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū ，yě shì Zhōngguó de zhèngzhì zhōngxīn 。
Of course. Beijing is the Capital of China, and the political center of China.
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哎！堵死了。首都已经成了首堵了。不过也好，我在车上把早点吃了，晨报也看完了。哎，不说我的事儿了。你新买的车呢？
āi ！dǔ sǐ le 。shǒudū yǐjīng chéng le shǒu dǔ le 。bùguò yěhǎo ，wǒ zài chē shang bǎ zǎodiǎn chī le ，chénbào yě kàn wán le 。ài ，bù shuō wǒ de shìr le 。nǐ xīn mǎi de chē ne ？
Agh! Traffic was packed. The capital's supposed be the most important city in the country - more like the most congested. But oh well, I was able to eat a light breakfast and read the morning news in the car. Enough about me. Where's your new car?
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都柏林，爱尔兰的首都。
Dūbólín ，Àiěrlán de shǒudū 。
Dublin, the capital of Ireland.
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西安是中国十三个朝代的首都。以前叫长安！
Xī\'ān shì Zhōngguó shí sān ge cháodài de shǒudū 。yǐqián jiào Cháng\'ān ！
Xi'an was the capital of 13 Chinese dynasties. In the past, it was called Chang'an.
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当然去过。奥运村还在建设中，14个奥运会新建场馆已全部开工了。国家会议中心、媒体村和奥林匹克森林公园等相关设施也都在建设中。为了方便大家去奥运会场，北京新增的多条地铁线，还有奥运支线和首都机场轨道交通线等等都将在2008年之前全面建成投入运营，成为功能完善，安全便捷的交通系统。相信到2008年的时候，我们肯定会看到一个崭新的北京。
dāngrán qù guo 。Àoyùncūn hái zài jiànshè zhōng ，shísì ge Àoyùnhuì xīnjiàn chǎngguǎn yǐ quánbù kāigōng le 。Guójiāhuìyìzhōngxīn 、Méitǐcūn hé Àolínpǐkèsēnlíngōngyuán děng xiāngguān shèshī yě dōu zài jiànshè zhōng 。wèile fāngbiàn dàjiā qù Àoyùn huìchǎng ，Běijīng xīnzēng de duō tiáo dìtiěxiàn ，háiyǒu Àoyùn zhīxiàn hé Shǒudūjīchǎng guǐdàojiāotōngxiàn děngděng dōu jiāng zài èrlínglíngbā nián zhīqián quánmiàn jiànchéng tóurù yùnyíng ，chéngwéi gōngnéng wánshàn ，ānquán biànjié de jiāotōng xìtǒng 。xiāngxìn dào èrlínglíngbā nián de shíhou ，wǒmen kěndìng huì kàndào yī ge zhǎnxīn de Běijīng 。
Of course! They're still building the Olympic Village. Fourteen pavilions are already underway. Related buildings like the National Convention Center, the Media Village and the Olympic Forest Park are all under construction. To make it easier for everyone to get to the Olympic venues, Beijing's newly added metro lines, feeder lines, and the airport light rail will all be completely ready for operation before 2008. They'll be a multipurpose, safe and convenient transportation system. I'm sure that by 2008, we'll be able to see a new Beijing.
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啊！法国竟然用了最新研制的生化武器。传染病已经在首都大规模爆发，请求联合国派遣医疗队援助！
ā ！Fǎguó jìngrán yòng le zuìxīn yánzhì de shēnghuàwǔqì 。chuánrǎnbìng yǐjīng zài shǒudū dàguīmó bàofā ，qǐngqiú Liánhéguó pàiqiǎn yīliáoduì yuánzhù ！
Whoa! Amazingly, France used its newly-designed biological weapon. There are large-scale breakouts of the disease in the capital city. We're requesting that the UN send medical assistance!
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