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title: "Shoufu Meaning: 首府 (capital) or 首付 (down payment)?"
description: "首府 (shǒufǔ) means “capital (of an autonomous region, state or colony)”. Not the shoufu you heard? See 首付, 收复. Hear its tones, see what 首 and 府 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shoufu"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 首府 mean?

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首府 shǒufǔ

## capital (of an autonomous region, state or colony)

## Its characters

1. 首 shǒu classifier for songs and poems
2. 府 fǔ government office (as in 政府)

## In a sentence

夏威夷的首府是檀香山。 The capital of Hawaii is Honolulu.

[More about 首府](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%A6%96%E5%BA%9C)

## Other words said shoufu

- [首付shǒufùdown payment](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%A6%96%E4%BB%98)
- [收复shōufùto recover](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%94%B6%E5%A4%8D)

## More words with 首 or 府

- [首创 shǒuchuàng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shouchuang)
- [首次 shǒucì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shouci)
- [首都 shǒudū](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shoudu)
- [首批 shǒupī](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shoupi)
- [首席 shǒuxí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shouxi)
- [首先 shǒuxiān](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shouxian)
- [首要 shǒuyào](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/shouyao)
- [政府 zhèngfǔ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhengfu)
- [自首 zìshǒu](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zishou)

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