kinh kỳ

Kinh kỳ là nơi vua ở và triều đình làm việc.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The capital city: The primary city of a country, where the central government is located. This is the most common and direct meaning of "kinh kỳ," synonymous with "kinh đô" (capital).
   • The royal capital: Historically, it specifically refers to the seat of the monarchy, the emperor's city, and the center of imperial administration and culture.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thăng Long là kinh kỳ của nước Đại Việt xưa. (Thang Long was the capital of ancient Dai Viet.)
  • Người dân từ khắp nơi đổ về kinh kỳ để buôn bán. (People from all over flocked to the capital to trade.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "kinh kỳ" carries a classical and literary nuance. It is more commonly found in historical texts, literature, or formal speech rather than in modern daily conversation, where "thủ đô" is the standard contemporary word for "capital city."

Variants and Related Words

• Kinh đô (n): Capital city. A direct synonym with identical meaning and usage register.
• Kinh thành (n): The capital citadel; the fortified area of the capital. It often emphasizes the physical, walled city.
• Thủ đô (n): The modern, standard term for a nation's capital city.

Synonyms

• Capital: The city that is the seat of government.
• Imperial capital: Specifically denotes the capital of an empire or monarchy.

Related Idioms

• Phong cảnh kinh kỳ: The scenery of the capital. Used to describe the distinctive and often majestic landscape or atmosphere of the capital city.
  • Câu chuyện miêu tả phong cảnh kinh kỳ rất sống động. (The story describes the scenery of the capital very vividly.)