How do you say “capital city” in Vietnamese?

“Capital city” in Vietnamese is thủ đô, thủ phủ.

Vietnamese words for “capital city”

• thủ đôListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰu˧˩ ʔɗo˧˧] · Saigon [tʰʊw˨˩˦ ʔɗow˧˧]thủ dipping đô level

  for “capital city” meaning: A city that is a seat of government.

• thủ phủListennoun
  Hanoi [tʰu˧˩ fu˧˩] · Saigon [tʰʊw˨˩˦ fʊw˨˩˦]thủ dipping phủ dipping

  for “capital city” meaning: A city that is a seat of government.

Related Vietnamese words

• thành đôListennoun

  capital city

• đô thànhListennoun

  capital city

• kìListennoun

  to rub off; to rub out

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.