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北京

Běi jīng

HSK 1 2-character word

What 北京 means

1. Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name {京|Jīng})

The characters in 北京

• 北běinorth; (classical) to be defeated
• 京jīngcapital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)

Example sentences

• 我住在北京
  I live in Beijing.
• 北京热吗？
  Is Beijing hot?
• 北京欢迎你。
  Beijing welcomes you.
• 我来自北京.
  I come from Beijing.
• 我来自北京。
  I come from Beijing.
• 我也想去北京。
  I also want to go to Beijing.

Words starting with 北京

• 北京市Běi jīng ShìBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京
• 北京大学Běi jīng Dà xuéPeking University
• 北京师范大学Běi jīng Shī fàn Dà xuéBeijing Normal University
• 北京话Běi jīng huàBeijing dialect
• 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)
• 北京外国语大学Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xuéBeijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
• 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
• 北京周报Běi jīng Zhōu bàoBeijing Review
• 北京时间Běi jīng Shí jiānBeijing Time (BJT); China Standard Time (CST)
• 北京晚报Běi jīng Wǎn bàoBeijing Evening News
• 北京青年报Běi jīng Qīng nián BàoBeijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
• 北京工业大学Běi jīng Gōng yè Dà xuéBeijing University of Technology
• 北京广播学院Běi jīng Guǎng bō Xué yuànBeijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中国传媒大学
• 北京教育学院Běi jīng Jiào yù Xué yuànBeijing Institute of Education
• 北京林业大学Běi jīng Lín yè Dà xuéBeijing Forestry University
• 北京物资学院Běi jīng Wù zī Xué yuànBeijing Materials University
• 北京理工大学Běi jīng Lǐ gōng Dà xuéBeijing Institute of Technology
• 北京科技大学Běi jīng Kē jì Dà xuéUniversity of Science and Technology Beijing
• 北京语言学院Běi jīng Yǔ yán Xué yuànBeijing Language Institute; former name of 北京语言大学
• 北京晨报Běi jīng Chén bàoBeijing Morning Post, newspaper published 1998-2018
• 北京舞蹈学院Běi jīng Wǔ dǎo Xué yuànBeijing Dance Academy

Words containing 北京

• 亲北京qīn Běi jīngpro-Beijing (stance, party etc)
• 中俄北京条约Zhōng É Běi jīng Tiáo yuēthe Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia

Where 北京 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Places and Locations (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read Běi jīng correctly.
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