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京

jīng

HSK 1 Character

What 京 means

1. capital city of a country
2. big
3. algebraic term for a large number (old)
4. artificial mound (old)

Other readings

京 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jīngsurname Jing; short name for Beijing {北京|Běi jīng}; Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China,

Example sentences

• 我住在北京
  I live in Beijing.
• 北京热吗？
  Is Beijing hot?
• 我生于京都。
  I was born in Kyoto.
• 我想去东京。
  I want to go to Tokyo.
• 我住在东京。
  I live in Tokyo.
• 我来自东京。
  I'm from Tokyo.

Words starting with 京

• 京剧Jīng jùBeijing opera
• 京城jīng chéngcapital of a country
• 京都jīng dūcapital (of a country)
• 京师jīng shīcapital of a country (literary)
• 京味jīng wèiBeijing flavor; Beijing style
• 京戏Jīng xìBeijing opera
• 京郊Jīng jiāosuburbs of Beijing
• 京东Jīng dōngJingdong, Chinese e-commerce company
• 京哈Jīng Hā(bound form) Beijing-Harbin (used in route names)
• 京报Jīng BàoPeking Gazette (official government bulletin)
• 京广Jīng GuǎngBeijing and Guangdong
• 京族Jīng zúGin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living…
• 京口区Jīng kǒu QūJingkou, a district of Zhenjiang City 镇江市
• 京山市Jīng shān ShìJingshan, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荆门市
• 京斯敦Jīng sī dūnKingstown, capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines…
• 京片子Jīng piàn ziBeijing dialect
• 京都府Jīng dū FǔKyoto (prefecture in Japan)
• 京华时报Jīng huá Shí bàoBeijing Times, a Chinese-language daily newspaper based in Beijing, published by People's…
• 京广铁路Jīng Guǎng Tiě lùJing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
• 京津Jīng JīnBeijing and Tianjin
• 京胡jīng hújinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese…
• 京巴狗jīng bā gǒuPekingese (dog breed)
• 京杭运河Jīng Háng Yùn héthe Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
• 京杭大运河Jīng Háng Dà Yùn héthe Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

Words containing 京

• 北京Běi jīngBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京
• 北京市Běi jīng ShìBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京
• 东京Dōng jīngTokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
• 北京大学Běi jīng Dà xuéPeking University
• 南京大屠杀Nán jīng Dà tú shāthe Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
• 南京市Nán jīng ShìNanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 南京路Nán jīng lùNanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai
• 南京大学Nán jīng Dà xuéNanjing University, NJU
• 北京师范大学Běi jīng Shī fàn Dà xuéBeijing Normal University
• 北京话Běi jīng huàBeijing dialect
• 燕京Yān jīngYanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods
• 魏京生Wèi Jīng shēngWei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and…
• 北京电影学院Běi jīng Diàn yǐng Xué yuànBeijing Film Academy
• 北京日报Běi jīng Rì bàoBeijing Daily
• 北京语言大学Běi jīng Yǔ yán Dà xuéBeijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
• 燕京大学Yān jīng Dà xuéYanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
• 北京外国语大学Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xuéBeijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
• 回京huí Jīngto return to the capital
• 帝京dì jīngimperial capital
• 普京Pǔ jīngVladimir Putin (1952-), president of Russia
• 望京Wàng jīngWangjing neighborhood of Beijing
• 进京jìn Jīngto enter the capital; to go to Beijing
• 北京人Běi jīng rénBeijing resident; Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in…
• 北京音Běi jīng yīnBeijing pronunciation

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin")
• 另lìngother; another; separate
• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 杏xìngapricot; (bound form) almond
• 亭tíngpavilion; booth; kiosk
• 叮dīngto sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds

Characters that look like 京

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 享xiǎngto enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 宗zōngschool; sect; purpose
• 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 酋qiútribal chief
• 弯wānto bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc)

Sounds the same

Read jīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 经classics; sacred book; scripture
• 睛eye; eyeball
• 精essence; extract; vitality
• 惊to startle; to be frightened; to be scared
• 晶crystal
• 茎stalk; stem
• 兢to be fearful; apprehensive
• 菁leek flower; lush; luxuriant
• 荆chaste tree or its berry (Vitex agnus-castus); (literary) cane or switch made from a…
• 泾Jing River
• 鲸whale
• 旌banner; make manifest