省会 (shěng huì): provincial capital

When I was a child, I lived in the provincial capital; later, because my parents were transferred for work, we moved to this small city where we live now.

It takes only forty minutes by high-speed train from our county town to the provincial capital, so I often go to the library there on weekends.

After graduating from university, he stayed in the provincial capital to work, because there are more opportunities and the salary is much higher than in his hometown.

This provincial sports meet is being held in the provincial capital; athletes from all the cities arrived a day early to prepare for the competition.

A provincial capital is usually the political, economic, and cultural center of a province, so housing prices and the cost of living there tend to be higher than in other cities within the province.