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 资 資 zī resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense syn 北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn 资金 資金 zī jīn funds / capital syn 资本 資本 zī běn capital (economics) syn 首都 shǒu dū capital (city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 本钱 本錢 běn qián capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth) syn 省会 省會 shěng huì provincial capital syn 增资 增資 zēng zī capital increase 验资 驗資 yàn zī capital verification / certification of registered capital 桥镇 橋鎮 qiáo zhèn Bridgetown, capital of Barbados (Tw) 禁卫 禁衛 jìn wèi defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit) 汴京 biàn jīng Bianjing, Northern Song capital, now called Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 柱头 柱頭 zhù tóu (architecture) capital / column head / (botany) stigma syn 速成班 sù chéng bān intensive course / crash course 阿布扎比 ā bù zhā bǐ Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE) 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 纳什维尔 納什維爾 nà shí wéi ěr Nashville, capital of Tennessee 得梅因 dé méi yīn Des Moines, capital of Iowa 罗利 羅利 luó lì Raleigh, capital of North Carolina 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) 台北 臺北 tái běi Taipei, capital of Taiwan 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 巴黎 bā lí Paris, capital of France 伦敦 倫敦 lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom 京城 jīng chéng capital of a country syn 强势 強勢 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive 罗马 羅馬 luó mǎ Rome, capital of Italy 长安 長安 cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2] / now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an 上都 shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) 雅典 yǎ diǎn Athens, capital of Greece 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) 密集 mì jí concentrated / crowded together / intensive / compressed syn 资本市场 資本市場 zī běn shì chǎng capital market 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn 莫斯科 mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia 柏林 bó lín Berlin, capital of Germany 中都 zhōng dū Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing 上行 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities syn 流转 流轉 liú zhuǎn to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital) syn 科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit) 巴格达 巴格達 bā gé dá Baghdad, capital of Iraq 风险投资 風險投資 fēng xiǎn tóu zī venture capital investment 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] 悉尼 xī ní Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia 马德里 馬德里 mǎ dé lǐ Madrid, capital of Spain 股本 gǔ běn capital stock / investment syn 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) 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 慕尼黑 mù ní hēi München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany 农资 農資 nóng zī rural capital (finance) 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 维也纳 維也納 wéi yě nà Vienna, capital of Austria 小本 xiǎo běn small capital / on a shoestring 省城 shěng chéng provincial capital syn 进京 進京 jìn jīng to enter the capital / to go to Beijing 曼谷 màn gǔ Bangkok, capital of Thailand 京师 京師 jīng shī capital of a country (literary) syn 多伦多 多倫多 duō lún duō Toronto, capital of Ontario, Canada 帝都 dì dū imperial capital 基建 jī jiàn capital construction (project) / infrastructure syn 波士顿 波士頓 bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts 创业投资 創業投資 chuàng yè tóu zī venture capital 内蒙古自治区 內蒙古自治區 nèi měng gǔ zì zhì qū Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1he2hao4te4 Shi4] (abbr. to 蒙[Meng3]) 本金 běn jīn capital / principal syn 计提 計提 jì tí to set aside / to make provision for (capital requirements) 都城 dū chéng capital city syn 首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region syn 古都 gǔ dū ancient capital syn 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 游资 遊資 yóu zī floating capital / idle fund / hot money 中资 中資 zhōng zī Chinese capital / Chinese enterprise 首都机场 首都機場 shǒu dū jī chǎng Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 布拉格 bù lā gé Prague, capital of Czech Republic 台资 台資 tái zī Taiwan capital or investments 广西壮族自治区 廣西壯族自治區 guǎng xī zhuàng zú zì zhì qū Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2ning2 Shi4] (abbr. to 桂[Gui4]) 劳资 勞資 láo zī labor and capital / workers and capitalists 首尔 首爾 shǒu ěr Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]) 新疆维吾尔自治区 新疆維吾爾自治區 xīn jiāng wéi wú ěr zì zhì qū Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1lu3mu4qi2 Shi4] (abbr. to 新[Xin1]) 大田 dà tián Datian, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1ming2 Shi4], Fujian / Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhong1qing1nan2dao4], South Korea syn 国都 國都 guó dū national capital syn 人力资本 人力資本 rén lì zī běn human capital 西藏自治区 西藏自治區 xī zàng zì zhì qū Tibet Autonomous Region, capital Lhasa 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1sa4 Shi4] (abbr. to 藏[Zang4]) 金边 金邊 jīn biān Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia 河内 河內 hé nèi Hanoi, capital of Vietnam 阿姆斯特丹 ā mǔ sī tè dān Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands 血本 xuè běn hard-earned capital syn 开罗 開羅 kāi luó Cairo, capital of Egypt 里加 lǐ jiā Riga, capital of Latvia 吉隆坡 jí lóng pō Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia 突尼斯 tū ní sī Tunisia / Tunis, capital of Tunisia 回京 huí jīng to return to the capital 多哈 duō hā Doha, capital of Qatar 燕京 yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods 马尼拉 馬尼拉 mǎ ní lā Manila, capital of Philippines 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) 平壤 píng rǎng Pyongyang, capital of North Korea 精读 精讀 jīng dú to read carefully and thoroughly / intensive reading 