| 资金 | zī jīn | funds / capital |   |
| 资本 | zī běn | capital (economics) | |
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city) / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 本钱 | běn qián | capital / (fig.) asset / advantage / the means (to do sth) | |
| 京都 | jīng dū | capital (of a country) | |
| 本金 | běn jīn | capital / principal | |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) | |
| 南京 | Nán jīng | see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) | |
| 台北 | Tái běi | Taipei, capital of Taiwan | |
| 东京 | Dōng jīng | Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) | |
| 巴黎 | Bā lí | Paris, capital of France | |
| 伦敦 | Lún dūn | London, capital of United Kingdom | |
| 京城 | jīng chéng | capital of a country | |
| 罗马 | Luó mǎ | Rome, capital of Italy | |
| 长安 | Cháng ān | Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2] / now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an | |
| 上都 | Shàng dū | Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) | |
| 雅典 | Yǎ diǎn | Athens, capital of Greece | |
| 资本市场 | zī běn shì chǎng | capital market | |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty / capital punishment | |
| 莫斯科 | Mò sī kē | Moscow, capital of Russia | |
| 柏林 | Bó lín | Berlin, capital of Germany | |
| 中都 | Zhōng dū | Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing | |
| 巴格达 | Bā gé dá | Baghdad, capital of Iraq | |
| 风险投资 | fēng xiǎn tóu zī | venture capital investment | |
| 悉尼 | Xī ní | Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia | |
| 马德里 | Mǎ dé lǐ | Madrid, capital of Spain | |
| 股本 | gǔ běn | capital stock / investment | |
| 慕尼黑 | Mù ní hēi | München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany | |
| 农资 | nóng zī | rural capital (finance) | |
| 省会 | shěng huì | provincial capital | |
| 维也纳 | Wéi yě nà | Vienna, capital of Austria | |
| 小本 | xiǎo běn | small capital / on a shoestring | |
| 省城 | shěng chéng | provincial capital | |
| 进京 | jìn Jīng | to enter the capital / to go to Beijing | |
| 曼谷 | Màn gǔ | Bangkok, capital of Thailand | |
| 京师 | jīng shī | capital of a country (literary) | |
| 多伦多 | Duō lún duō | Toronto, capital of Ontario, Canada | |
| 增资 | zēng zī | capital increase | |
| 帝都 | dì dū | imperial capital | |
| 基建 | jī jiàn | capital construction (project) / infrastructure | |
| 波士顿 | Bō shì dùn | Boston, capital of Massachusetts | |
| 创业投资 | chuàng yè tóu zī | venture capital | |
| 内蒙古自治区 | Nèi Měng gǔ Zì zhì qū | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1he2hao4te4 Shi4] (abbr. to 蒙[Meng3]) | |
| 都城 | dū chéng | capital city | |
| 首府 | shǒu fǔ | capital city of an autonomous region | |
| 古都 | gǔ dū | ancient capital | |
| 大写 | dà xiě | capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals | |
| 验资 | yàn zī | capital verification / certification of registered capital | |
| 游资 | yóu zī | floating capital / idle fund / hot money | |
| 中资 | zhōng zī | Chinese capital / Chinese enterprise | |
| 首都机场 | shǒu dū jī chǎng | Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) | |
| 布拉格 | Bù lā gé | Prague, capital of Czech Republic | |
| 台资 | Tái zī | Taiwan capital or investments | |
| 广西壮族自治区 | Guǎng xī Zhuàng zú Zì zhì qū | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2ning2 Shi4] (abbr. to 桂[Gui4]) | |
| 劳资 | láo zī | labor and capital / workers and capitalists | |
| 首尔 | Shǒu ěr | Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]) | |
| 新疆维吾尔自治区 | Xīn jiāng Wéi wú ěr Zì zhì qū | Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1lu3mu4qi2 Shi4] (abbr. to 新[Xin1]) | |
| 桥镇 | Qiáo zhèn | Bridgetown, capital of Barbados (Tw) | |
| 大田 | Dà tián | Datian, a county in Sanming City 三明市[San1ming2 Shi4], Fujian / Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhong1qing1nan2dao4], South Korea | |
| 国都 | guó dū | national capital | |
| 人力资本 | rén lì zī běn | human capital | |
| 西藏自治区 | Xī zàng Zì zhì qū | Tibet Autonomous Region, capital Lhasa 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1sa4 Shi4] (abbr. to 藏[Zang4]) | |
| 金边 | Jīn biān | Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia | |
| 河内 | Hé nèi | Hanoi, capital of Vietnam | |
| 阿姆斯特丹 | A1 mǔ sī tè dān | Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands | |
| 血本 | xuè běn | hard-earned capital | |
| 开罗 | Kāi luó | Cairo, capital of Egypt | |
| 里加 | Lǐ jiā | Riga, capital of Latvia | |
| 吉隆坡 | Jí lóng pō | Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia | |
| 突尼斯 | Tū ní sī | Tunisia / Tunis, capital of Tunisia | |
| 回京 | huí Jīng | to return to the capital | |
| 多哈 | Duō hā | Doha, capital of Qatar | |
| 燕京 | Yān jīng | Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods | |
| 马尼拉 | Mǎ ní lā | Manila, capital of Philippines | |
| 达尔文 | Dá ěr wén | Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3zhong3 Qi3yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) | |
| 平壤 | Píng rǎng | Pyongyang, capital of North Korea | |
| 布鲁塞尔 | Bù lǔ sài ěr | Brussels, capital of Belgium | |
| 殊死 | shū sǐ | to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death | |
| 大梁 | Dà liáng | capital of Wei 魏 / during Warring states / CL:根[gen1] | |
| 斯图加特 | Sī tú jiā tè | Stuttgart, city in southwest Germany and capital of Baden-Württemberg 巴登·符騰堡州|巴登·符腾堡州[Ba1deng1 · / Fu2teng2bao3 Zhou1] | |
| 皮尔 | Pí ěr | Pierre, capital of South Dakota | |
| 伯恩 | Bó ēn | Bern or Berne, capital of Switzerland (Tw) | |
| 死罪 | sǐ zuì | capital offense / crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies | |
| 雅加达 | Yǎ jiā dá | Jakarta, capital of Indonesia | |
| 里斯本 | Lǐ sī běn | Lisbon, capital of Portugal | |
| 哥伦布 | Gē lún bù | Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) / Columbus, capital of Ohio | |
| 德里 | Dé lǐ | Delhi / New Delhi, capital of India / same as 新德里[Xin1 De2 li3] | |
| 新德里 | Xīn Dé lǐ | New Delhi, capital of India | |
| 帕斯 | Pà sī | Perth, capital of Western Australia | |
| 迁都 | qiān dū | to move the capital (city) | |
| 达喀尔 | Dá kā ěr | Dakar, capital of Senegal | |
| 德黑兰 | Dé hēi lán | Tehran, capital of Iran | |
| 斯德哥尔摩 | Sī dé gē ěr mó | Stockholm, capital of Sweden | |
| 哥本哈根 | Gē běn hā gēn | Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark | |
| 喀布尔 | Kā bù ěr | Kabul, capital of Afghanistan | |
| 还本 | huán běn | to repay capital | |
| 府城 | fǔ chéng | capital of 府 / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) / prefectural seat | |
| 西贡 | Xī gòng | Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong | |
| 基辅 | Jī fǔ | Kyiv or Kiev, capital of Ukraine | |
| 宁夏回族自治区 | Níng xià Huí zú Zì zhì qū | Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市[Yin2chuan1 Shi4] (abbr. to 寧|宁[Ning2]) | |
