北京

Běijīng

Beijing; Peking

Type: NounsHSK 1

Character origin

北 (north) + 京 (capital): literally 'northern capital'. Historically there was a southern capital too: 南京 (Nanjing).

Did you know?

Beijing is famous for the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and its traditional courtyard houses (siheyuan). Beijingers have a very distinctive accent with a trailing 'r' (érhuà).

Radicals it's made of

北

匕bǐbending person

Example sentence

我爱北京。
Wǒ ài Běijīng.
I love Beijing.

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