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北京
Mandarin · pinyin Běi jīng
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- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京 Jīng)
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3–1 · Bei3 jing1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bak1 ging1
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- (～市) Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
- (metonymic) Beijing (the government of the People's Republic of China)
- (historical) northern capital — Jiankang (capital of Liu Song dynasty)—in modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu province
- (historical) northern capital — Jingkou (birthplace of Liu Song dynasty)—in modern-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province
- (historical) northern capital — Pingcheng (capital of Northern Wei dynasty)—in modern-day Datong, Shanxi province
- (historical) northern capital — Taiyuan Fu (birthplace of Tang dynasty and many subsequent states)—in modern-day Taiyuan, Shanxi province
- (historical) northern capital — Daming Fu (visited by Emperor Zhenzong)—in modern-day Handan, Hebei province
- (historical) northern capital — Shangjing Linhuang Fu (one of the capitals of Jin dynasty)—in modern-day Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
- (historical) northern capital — Zhongdu (one of the capitals of Jin dynasty)—in modern-day Beijing
- (historical) northern capital — Kaifeng Fu (Ming dynasty)—in modern-day Kaifeng, Henan province
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