丝都

絲都
Sīdū
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Meanings

  1. 1 "Silk Capital" (epithet for cities like Hangzhou, Suzhou, or Nanchong famous for silk production)

Examples

Hángzhōu zìgǔ bèi yù wéi Sīdū.
Hangzhou has long been hailed as the "Silk Capital."
Nánchōng hàochēng Zhōngguó xībù Sīdū.
Nanchong styles itself the Silk Capital of western China.

Tips

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丝都 ("silk capital") is an epithet — a marketing/honorific city nickname — rather than a single official place name. Cities that wear it include 杭州 (Hangzhou, the historical silk powerhouse on the Silk Road), 苏州 (Suzhou, classic Jiangnan silk), and (Nanchong in Sichuan, which markets itself as 中国西部丝都). Pattern matches the wider habit of city epithets like (Kunming, "Spring City") and 山城 (Chongqing, "Mountain City").

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