北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government | |
北大 | Běi Dà | Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学) | |
北京大学 | Běi jīng Dà xué | Peking University | |
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 | |
蔡元培 | Cài Yuán péi | Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27 | |
北京烤鸭 | Běi jīng kǎo yā | Peking Duck | |
北京猿人 | Běi jīng yuán rén | Peking ape-man / Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921 | |
二黄 | èr huáng | one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / Peking opera / also written 二簧[er4 huang2] / see also 西皮[xi1 pi2] | |
海淀区 | Hǎi diàn qū | Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1] | |
中关村 | Zhōng guān cūn | Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores | |
丁韪良 | Dīng Wěi liáng | William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University | |
京报 | Jīng Bào | Peking Gazette (official government bulletin) | |
曹靖华 | Cáo Jìng huá | Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist | |
海淀 | Hǎi diàn | Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1] | |
辅仁大学 | Fǔ rén Dà xué | Fu Jen Catholic University of Peking (from 1925), forerunner of Beijing Normal University 北京師範大學|北京师范大学 / Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City, Taiwan | |