都城

dūchéng

noun #51,709

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一座都城 zuò

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洛阳曾经是很多朝代的都城。

Luòyáng céngjīng shì hěnduō cháodài de dūchéng.

Luoyang was once the capital of many dynasties.

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秦朝的都城在咸阳，离今天的西安不远。

Qíncháo de dūchéng zài Xiányáng, lí jīntiān de Xī'ān bù yuǎn.

The capital of the Qin dynasty was Xianyang, not far from today's Xi'an.

mistakes

都 is read dū here, 'capital', not dōu 'all'. 都城 is used mostly for historical capitals; a country's capital today is its 首都.

都 dōu

城 chéng