京都市曾經是日本的首都。
Kyoto was the former capital of Japan.
Kyoto is Japan's former capital.
Kyoto is the former capital of Japan.
Source:
Tatoeba
Sentence Composition
| =1 | 京都 | Jīngdū | Kyoto, Japan |
| =1 | 京都 | jīngdū | capital (of a country) |
| 2 | 市 | shì |
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| 3 | 曾經 | céngjīng |
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| 4 | 是日 | shìrì |
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| 5 | 本 | běn |
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| =6 | 的 | de |
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| =6 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =6 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =6 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 7 | 首都 | shǒudū |
capital (city) classifier: 個 |