省會

See also: 省会

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting
trad. (省會)		省	會
simp. (省会)		省	会

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shěnghuì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² wui⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sén-fi
Min Nan (POJ): séng-hōe / séⁿ-hōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shěnghuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheenghuey
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shěnghuèi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xweɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang² wui⁶
  - Yale: sáang wuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang² wui⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang² wui⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /säːŋ³⁵ wuːy̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sén-fi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sen` fi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sen³ fi⁴
  - IPA: /sen³¹ fi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-hōe
  - Tâi-lô: síng-huē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefnghoe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séⁿ-hōe
  - Tâi-lô: sénn-huē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svefhoe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue²²/

Noun

省會

provincial capital
成都是四川的省會。 [MSC, trad.]
成都是四川的省会。 [MSC, simp.]
Chéngdū shì Sìchuān de shěnghuì. [Pinyin]
Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan.

Usage notes

When translating the English term capital city, use 首都 (shǒudū) when referring to the capital of a country, 首府 (shǒufǔ) when referring to the capital of a state or autonomous region, and 省會／省会 (shěnghuì) when referring to the capital of a province. Alternative terms for the capital of a country include 國都／国都 (guódū), 京城 (jīngchéng), 京都 (jīngdū), 京邑 (jīngyì) and 都城 (dūchéng) all of which are more commonly used in literary language.