京都

Chinese
capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
 
metropolis; capital city; all
metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
simp. and trad.
(京都)		 京 都

Pronunciation

Note:
  • kiaⁿ-to͘ - vernacular;
  • keng-to͘ - literary.
Rime
Character 京 都
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 庚 (111) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 舉卿切 當孤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiæŋ/ /tuo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚiaŋ/ /tuo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiaŋ/ /to/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kiajŋ/ /tɔ/
Li
Rong		 /kiɐŋ/ /to/
Wang
Li		 /kĭɐŋ/ /tu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯ɐŋ/ /tuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jīng dū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ging1 dou1

Noun

京都

  1. (literary) capital city (of a country)
Usage notes

When translating the English term capital city, use 首都 (shǒudū) when referring to the capital of a country, 首府 (shǒufǔ) when referring to the capital of a state or autonomous region, and 省會／省会 (shěnghuì) when referring to the capital of a province. Alternative terms for the capital of a country include 國都／国都 (guódū), 京城 (jīngchéng), 京都 (jīngdū), 京邑 (jīngyì) and 都城 (dūchéng) all of which are more commonly used in literary language.

Synonyms
Synonyms of 京都
Derived terms
  • 京都骨
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (京都):
  • → Japanese: 京都(きょうと) (Kyōto)
See also

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

京都

  1. (～市) Kyoto (a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
  2. (～府) Kyoto (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
京 都
きょう
Grade: 2		 と
Grade: 3
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
京都 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/kjauto/ → /kjɔːto/ → /kjoːto/

From Middle Chinese 京都 (MC kˠiæŋ tuo, literally “capital city”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きょ​ーと [kyóꜜòtò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːto̞]
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

京(きょう)都(と) • (Kyōto) ←きやうと (kyauto)?

  1. a placename, especially:
    1. Short for 京都府 (Kyōto-fu): Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture (a prefecture of Japan)
    2. Short for 京都市 (Kyōto-shi): Kyoto (the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
      Synonyms: 京 (Kyō), 京の都 (Kyō no miyako)
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 京都五山(きょうとござん) (Kyōto Gozan)
  • 京都御所(きょうとごしょ) (Kyōto Gosho)
  • 京都所司(きょうとしょし)代(だい) (Kyōto Shoshidai)
  • 京都代官(きょうとだいかん) (Kyōto Daikan)
  • 京都弁(きょうとべん) (Kyōto-ben)
  • 京都盆地(きょうとぼんち) (Kyōto Bonchi)
  • 京都守護(きょうとしゅご) (Kyōto Shugo)
  • 小(しょう)京都(きょうと) (shō-Kyōto)

Descendants

See also

Okinawan

Etymology

From Japanese 京都 (Kyōto).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕoːtu/

Proper noun

京都 (hiragana ちょーとぅ, rōmaji Chōtu)

  1. Kyoto (a prefecture of Japan)
  2. Kyoto (the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)

References
  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
京都

Proper noun

京都

  1. chữ Hán form of Kinh Đô (“Kyoto”)., a prefecture of Japan
  2. chữ Hán form of Kinh Đô (“Kyoto”)., the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
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