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中都

Mandarin · pinyin Zhōng dū

Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing

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中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined

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1–1 · Zhong1 du1

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noun

(archaic) synonym of 首都 (shǒudū), capital city
(archaic) synonym of 都市 (dūshì), metropolis

name

(historical) Zhongdu (a former city in Liangxiang, Fangshan district, Beijing, China, one of the capitals of the ancient Yan Kingdom.)
(historical) Zhongdu (a former city in southwestern Xicheng district, Beijing, China, the capital of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty)

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