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北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government
背景 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3]
河北 Hé běi Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
师范 shī fàn teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
主意 zhǔ yi plan / idea / decision / CL:個|个[ge4] / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
直辖市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 / and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
清华大学 Qīng huá Dà xué Tsinghua or Qinghua University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
北海 Běi hǎi Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City / the North Sea (Europe) / Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi / Bohai Sea / Lake Baikal
国美 Guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987
中都 Zhōng dū Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing
北京地区 běi jīng dì qū the Beijing area
鼓楼 gǔ lóu a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
京剧 Jīng jù Beijing opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1]
新京报 xīn Jīng bào Beijing news (newspaper)
天安门 Tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
北京人 Běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing
长廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2]
进京 jìn Jīng to enter the capital / to go to Beijing
咚咚 Dōng dong Dongdong, cheerleading mascot of 2008 Beijing Olympics
皇城 Huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
京沪 Jīng Hù Beijing and Shanghai
北京青年报 Běi jīng Qīng nián Bào Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
北京师范大学 Běi jīng Shī fàn Dà xué Beijing Normal University
北平 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
北京奥运 běi jīng ào yùn the Beijing 2008 Olympic games
亚运村 Yà yùn cūn Yayuncun neighborhood of Beijing
首都机场 shǒu dū jī chǎng Beijing Airport (PEK) / also translated as Capital Airport
钟楼 zhōng lóu bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
北京站 běi jīng zhàn Beijing railway station
望京 Wàng jīng Wangjing neighborhood of Beijing
西单 Xī dān Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
北师大 Běi Shī Dà Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学[Bei3 jing1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2]
京津 Jīng Jīn Beijing and Tianjin
北京晨报 Běi jīng Chén bào Beijing Morning Post, newspaper published 1998-2018
国美电器 Guó měi Diàn qì GOME Electrical Appliances (founded in Beijing, 1987)
紫禁城 Zǐ jìn chéng the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]
北京晚报 Běi jīng Wǎn bào Beijing Evening News
中国政法大学 Zhōng guó Zhèng fǎ Dà xué China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 qu1]
颐和园 yí hé yuán Summer Palace in Beijing
光明日报 Guāng míng Rì bào Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper
西直门 Xī zhí mén Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing / the main northwest gate of Beijing
燕京 Yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods
北京电影学院 Běi jīng Diàn yǐng Xué yuàn Beijing Film Academy
大公报 Dà gōng Bào Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name / Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
东直门 Dōng zhí mén Dongzhimen neighborhood of Beijing
商务印书馆 Shāng wù Yìn shū guǎn The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)
大运 Dà yùn Mandate of Heaven / the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC / usually written 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]
雷德 Léi dé Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009
那 nà that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
京郊 Jīng jiāo suburbs of Beijing
幽州 Yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 / ancient city near modern Beijing
故宫博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing / National Palace Museum, Taipei
京广 Jīng Guǎng Beijing and Guangdong
卢沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
南苑 Nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
北京理工大学 Běi jīng Lǐ gōng Dà xué Beijing Institute of Technology
北京日报 Běi jīng Rì bào Beijing Daily (newspaper), www.bjd.com.cn
直隶 Zhí lì Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
方庄 Fāng zhuāng Fangzhuang neighborhood of Beijing
鸟巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
北苑 Běi yuàn Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing
驻京 zhù Jīng (abbr.) stationed in Beijing
北京科技大学 Běi jīng Kē jì Dà xué University of Science and Technology Beijing
沙家浜 Shā jiā bāng "Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏[yang4 ban3 xi4]
中国经营报 Zhōng guó Jīng yíng Bào China Business (a Beijing newspaper)
亦庄 Yì zhuāng Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality
辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
白脸 bái liǎn white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc
北京工业大学 Běi jīng Gōng yè Dà xué Beijing University of Technology
大运河 Dà Yùn hé the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
北京人民大会堂 Běi jīng rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
北京外国语大学 Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xué Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
广安门 Guǎng ān mén Guanganmen in Xuanwu 宣武區|宣武区 / district of southwest Beijing
什刹海 shí chà hǎi Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
首都国际机场 Shǒu dū Guó jì Jī chǎng Beijing Capital International Airport
和平里 Hé píng lǐ Hepingli neighborhood of Beijing
中央财经大学 Zhōng yāng Cái jīng Dà xué Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
北京军区 běi jīng jūn qū Beijing Military Region
北京林业大学 Běi jīng Lín yè Dà xué Beijing Forestry University
五道口 Wǔ dào kǒu Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing
北漂 Běi piāo to migrate to Beijing in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit
中财 Zhōng Cái Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing / abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2]
崇文门 chóng wén mén Chongwenmen gate in Beijing
北汽 Běi qì Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) / abbr. for 北京汽車製造廠有限公司|北京汽车制造厂有限公司[Bei3 jing1 Qi4 che1 Zhi4 zao4 chang3 You3 xian4 Gong1 si1]
安定门 An1 dìng mén Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing
小汤山 Xiǎo tāng shān Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality
复兴门 Fù xīng mén Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing
京杭大运河 Jīng Háng Dà Yùn hé the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
王丹 Wáng Dān Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
周口店 Zhōu kǒu diàn Zhoukoudian prehistoric site in Fangshan district 房山區|房山区[Fang2 shan1 qu1], Beijing
阜成门 Fù chéng mén Fuchengmen neighborhood of Beijing
北京话 Běi jīng huà Beijing dialect
渔阳 Yú yáng old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
八宝山 Bā bǎo shān Mt Babao in Haidian district of Beijing
居庸关 Jū yōng guān Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
京味 jīng wèi Beijing flavor / Beijing style
京戏 Jīng xì Beijing opera / CL:齣|出[chu1]
宣武门 Xuān wǔ mén Xuanwumen, Beijing
永定河 Yǒng dìng Hé Yongding River to the West of Beijing
芦沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
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