(shǒu dū) - capital city, capital in Mandarin

shǒudū

Traditional: 首都

HSK 4

Outside the top 2,700Core 5000

Translation

capital city, capital

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Beijing is the capital of China.

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Do you know what the capital of France is?

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I would like to visit that country's capital.

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