kinh sư
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
(noun) capital, capital city
NounRegister: formal
Where it’s used:
Used
Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora
Examples
Trận gió bão tháng trước, Kinh sư bị tai hại nhất, mà nơi triều điện lại càng hại hơn.When a storm struck last month, the capital city suffered the worst damages, yet the court(s) and the hall(s) were damaged even worse than the worst.
Quoted attestation: 1581, Nguyễn Năng Nhuận; quoted in 1759, Lê Quý Đôn, Đại Việt thông sử (Thorough Historical Records of Great Việt); 1973, Vietnamese translation by Lê Mạnh Liêu
Sources & notes
Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29); community review pending. source ↗
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Common questions
What does “kinh sư” mean?
(noun) capital, capital city
Is “kinh sư” formal or informal?
kinh sư is generally formal.
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