中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 达卡 達卡 dá kǎ Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh / (Tw) Dakar, capital of Senegal 人大 rén dà people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4]) 厅长 廳長 tīng zhǎng head of provincial PRC government department 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 省会 省會 shěng huì provincial capital syn 省城 shěng chéng provincial capital syn 大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] 督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn 举人 舉人 jǔ rén graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination 省委 shěng wěi provincial Party committee 刺史 cì shǐ provincial governor (old) 卫生厅 衛生廳 wèi shēng tīng (provincial) health department 验资 驗資 yàn zī capital verification / certification of registered capital 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 农业厅 農業廳 nóng yè tīng (provincial) department of agriculture 民政厅 民政廳 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs 省辖市 省轄市 shěng xiá shì provincial city 实收资本 實收資本 shí shōu zī běn paid-in capital / contributed capital (finance) 中举 中舉 zhòng jǔ to pass the provincial level imperial examination 副省级 副省級 fù shěng jí sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent) 资本积累 資本積累 capital accumulation / accumulation of capital 故都 gù dū former capital / ancient capital syn 乡试 鄉試 xiāng shì the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing 解元 jiè yuán first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old) 藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] 省界 shěng jiè provincial boundary 陪都 péi dū provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war) / secondary capital / alternative capital 省 shěng to save / to economize / to be frugal / to omit / to delete / to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) syn 厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn 抚 撫 fǔ to comfort / to console / to stroke / to caress / an old term for province or provincial governor syn 都 dū capital city / metropolis syn 本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 伦敦 倫敦 lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom 华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) 巴黎 bā lí Paris, capital of France 罗马 羅馬 luó mǎ Rome, capital of Italy 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn 波士顿 波士頓 bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts 资金 資金 zī jīn funds / capital syn 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 柏林 bó lín Berlin, capital of Germany 汉城 漢城 hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 亚伦 亞倫 yà lún Aaron (name) / Yaren, capital of Nauru 莫斯科 mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia 首都 shǒu dū capital (city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 圣地亚哥 聖地亞哥 shèng dì yà gē Santiago, capital of Chile / San Diego, California 阿姆斯特丹 ā mǔ sī tè dān Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands 巴库 巴庫 bā kù Baku, capital of Azerbaijan 布拉格 bù lā gé Prague, capital of Czech Republic 维也纳 維也納 wéi yě nà Vienna, capital of Austria 北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn 巴格达 巴格達 bā gé dá Baghdad, capital of Iraq 伯恩 bó ēn Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw) 首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region syn 盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 马德里 馬德里 mǎ dé lǐ Madrid, capital of Spain 哈瓦那 hā wǎ nà Havana, capital of Cuba 资 資 zī resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense syn 资本 資本 zī běn capital (economics) syn 慕尼黑 mù ní hēi München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany 里加 lǐ jiā Riga, capital of Latvia 悉尼 xī ní Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia 曼谷 màn gǔ Bangkok, capital of Thailand 墨西哥城 mò xī gē chéng Mexico City, capital of Mexico 南京 nán jīng see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) 哥伦布 哥倫布 gē lún bù Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) / Columbus, capital of Ohio 开罗 開羅 kāi luó Cairo, capital of Egypt 平壤 píng rǎng Pyongyang, capital of North Korea 德里 dé lǐ Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3] 达尔文 達爾文 dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3zhong3 Qi3yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 亚美尼亚 亞美尼亞 yà měi ní yà Armenia, capital Yerevan 埃里溫|埃里温[Ai1 li3 wen1] 斯德哥尔摩 斯德哥爾摩 sī dé gē ěr mó Stockholm, capital of Sweden 布达佩斯 布達佩斯 bù dá pèi sī Budapest, capital of Hungary 多伦多 多倫多 duō lún duō Toronto, capital of Ontario, Canada 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 爱丁堡 愛丁堡 ài dīng bǎo Edinburgh, capital of Scotland 贝鲁特 貝魯特 bèi lǔ tè Beirut, capital of Lebanon 都柏林 dū bó lín Dublin, capital of Ireland 雅典 yǎ diǎn Athens, capital of Greece 布鲁塞尔 布魯塞爾 bù lǔ sài ěr Brussels, capital of Belgium 菲尼克斯 fēi ní kè sī Phoenix, capital of Arizona / also 鳳凰城|凤凰城[Feng4 huang2 cheng2] 本钱 本錢 běn qián capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth) syn 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 布宜诺斯艾利斯 布宜諾斯艾利斯 bù yí nuò sī ài lì sī Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense / crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies syn 喀布尔 喀布爾 kā bù ěr Kabul, capital of Afghanistan 那不勒斯 nà bù lè sī Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy / Naples 惠灵顿 惠靈頓 huì líng dùn Wellington, capital of New Zealand 马尼拉 馬尼拉 mǎ ní lā Manila, capital of Philippines 索菲亚 索菲亞 suǒ fēi yà Sofia (capital of Bulgaria) 台北 臺北 tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan 汉密尔顿 漢密爾頓 hàn mì ěr dùn Hamilton (name) / Hamilton, capital of Bermuda 波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990 大马士革 大馬士革 dà mǎ shì gé Damascus, capital of Syria 哥本哈根 gē běn hā gēn Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 