London in Chinese

伦敦

Lún dūn

Capital of United Kingdom

The capital of London (United Kingdom) is written in Chinese as 伦敦. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Lún dūn — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

伦Lún
敦dūn

伦敦 is written with 2 characters: 伦 (Lún), 敦 (dūn). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of London.

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