遷都

See also: 迁都

Chinese

		to move; to shift	metropolis; capital city; all metropolis; capital city; all; both (if two things are involved); entirely; even; already
trad. (遷都)		遷	都
simp. (迁都)		迁	都

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiāndū

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄉㄨ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiāndū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄉㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciandu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-tu¹
  - Yale: chyān-dū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiandu
  - Palladius: цяньду (cjanʹdu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tu⁵⁵/

Verb

遷都

(literary) to move the capital; to relocate the capital

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遷	都
せん Grade: S	と Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
遷都 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんと [séꜜǹtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nto̞]

Noun

遷(せん)都(と) • (sento) ^{←せんと (sento)^?}

relocation of the capital

Related terms

奠(てん)都(と) (tento)

Verb

遷(せん)都(と)する • (sento suru) ^{←せんと (sento)^?}intransitive suru (stem 遷(せん)都(と)し (sento shi), past 遷(せん)都(と)した (sento shita))

to relocate the capital

Conjugation

Conjugation of "遷都する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	遷都し	せんとし	sento shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	遷都し	せんとし	sento shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	遷都する	せんとする	sento suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	遷都する	せんとする	sento suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	遷都すれ	せんとすれ	sento sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	遷都せよ¹ 遷都しろ²	せんとせよ¹ せんとしろ²	sento seyo¹ sento shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	遷都される	せんとされる	sento sareru
Causative	遷都させる遷都さす	せんとさせるせんとさす	sento saseru sento sasu
Potential	遷都できる	せんとできる	sento dekiru
Volitional	遷都しよう	せんとしよう	sento shiyō
Negative	遷都しない	せんとしない	sento shinai
Negative continuative	遷都せず	せんとせず	sento sezu
Formal	遷都します	せんとします	sento shimasu
Perfective	遷都した	せんとした	sento shita
Conjunctive	遷都して	せんとして	sento shite
Hypothetical conditional	遷都すれば	せんとすれば	sento sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“遷都”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
遷	都

Noun

遷都 • (cheondo) (hangeul 천도)

hanja form^? of 천도