首尔特别市 shǒu'ěrtèbiéshì Seoul Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 首尔 首爾 shǒu'ěr proper noun Seoul Seoul, the capital of South Korea; the Chinese name was adopted in 2005 to replace 汉城 hànchéng特别 特別 tèbié adjective special unusual or unique; different from the ordinary市 shì noun municipality an administrative division, such as a municipality or city level administrative unit