How to Say "Beijing" in Chinese

北京

Běijīng

北京 (Běijīng) is the Chinese way to say Beijing.

北京 refers to the capital of China.

Meaning: capital of China (name)

What does it mean word for word?

The name literally means 'North Capital', where 北 means 'north' and 京 means 'capital'.

Běijīng

The character 京 originally depicted a high building or a tower, reflecting the architecture of an ancient administrative center.
The character 京 (jīng) used in the name is the same one found in the English word 'Beijing' often appearing in names of major cities like 'Tokyo' (东京), which uses the same character for 'capital'.
The term 北京 has been used for several different cities throughout Chinese history, as the 'North Capital' changed depending on where the empire was centered.

北京欢迎你。
Beijing welcomes you.
This sentence is useful for seeing how to express a welcome to the city using 北京.
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我来自北京。
I come from Beijing.
This sentence shows how to state your place of origin using 北京.
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我现在在北京。
I am in Beijing right now.
This sentence demonstrates how to state your current location using 北京.
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Two friends are discussing travel plans in a cafe.

浩然 Haoran

你想去北京旅游吗？
Nǐ xiǎng qù Běijīng lǚyóu ma?
Do you want to travel to Beijing?
梓涵 Zihan

我想去北京看长城。
Wǒ xiǎng qù Běijīng kàn Chángchéng.
I want to go to Beijing to see the Great Wall.
浩然 Haoran

北京的冬天很冷。
Běijīng de dōngtiān hěn lěng.
Beijing's winters are very cold.
梓涵 Zihan

没关系，我不怕冷。
Méiguānxì, wǒ bù pà lěng.
It's okay, I'm not afraid of the cold.

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