| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) |   |
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] | |
| 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] | |
| 北京时间 | Běi jīng Shí jiān | Beijing Time (BJT) / China Standard Time (CST) | |
| 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 University, Beijing / National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan | |
| 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 Capital International Airport (PEK) | |
| 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 海淀區|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) | |
| 雷德 | Léi dé | Clark T. Randt Jr. (1945-), US ambassador to Beijing 2001-2009 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei 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] | |
| 法源寺 | Fǎ yuán sì | Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing | |
| 水立方 | shuǐ lì fāng | Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games | |
| 陈香梅 | Chén Xiāng méi | Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2] | |
| 陈希同 | Chén Xī tóng | Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident | |
