Chinese word dictionary

陪都

péi dū · provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war); secondary capital; alternative capital

Practice word

Word information

Simplified陪都

Traditional陪都

Pinyinpéi dū

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

陪péi

to accompany, to be with, to keep company

都dōu

all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital

How to learn 陪都

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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都dōu

all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all

陪péi

to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 賠|赔[pei2]

全都quándōu

all; without exception

首都shǒudū

capital (city); CL:個|个[ge4]

陪伴péibàn

to accompany

大都dàdū

Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing; for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]; for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan