首府 (shǒu fǔ) — capital city of an autonomous region

Definition

Examples

• 拉萨是西藏自治区的首府。
  Lā sà shì xī zàng zì zhì qū de shǒu fǔ.
  Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
• 首府和首都不同，它特指自治区的行政中心。
  shǒu fǔ Hé shǒu dū bù tóng, tā tè zhǐ zì zhì qū de xíng zhèng zhōng xīn.
  A capital of an autonomous region is different from a national capital; it specifically refers to the administrative center of an autonomous region.
• 近年来，这个自治区的首府经济发展很快。
  Jìn nián lái, zhè ge zì zhì qū de shǒu fǔ jīng jì fā zhǎn hěn kuài.
  In recent years, the economy of this autonomous region's capital has developed rapidly.