Áo

隞

Character · Noun

capital of Shang dynasty

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

Ao (name of a Shang dynasty capital)

archaic

专有历史地名，指商朝中期的一个都城。同 '敖' 或 '嚣'。现代汉语中已不用于日常交流，仅见于历史或考古文献。

Shāng商
wáng王
Zhòng仲
Dīng丁
céng曾
qiān迁
dū都
zhì至
Áo隞
 。

King Zhong Ding of the Shang dynasty once moved the capital to Ao.

Áo隞
dū都
yí遗
zhǐ址
wèi位
yú于
jīn今
Hé河
nán南
shěng省
Zhèng郑
zhōu州
shì市
xī西
běi北
 。

The ruins of the Ao capital are located in the northwest of present-day Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.

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Gǔ古
dài代
wén文
xiàn献
zhōng中
 ，
 '
Áo隞
 '
yǒu有
shí时
yě也
xiě写
zuò作
Áo
 '
huò敖
 '
Xiāo
 或
 
 '
 嚣
 '
 。

In ancient texts, 'Ao' is sometimes also written as 'Ao' or 'Xiao'.