北京 Běijīng

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Traditional form

北京 Běijīng

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

北 běi

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two people standing back-to-back. Based on the original meaning "back", now written as 背 bēi . The current meaning "north" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿰？匕 bǐ

Number of Strokes

京 Jīng

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a tall building. Similar to 高 Gāo . Based on the original meaning "high place". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "capital city".

Positional decomposition

⿳亠口小

Number of Strokes

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我们 wǒmen 填 tián 饱 bǎo 了 le 肚子 dùzi 便 biàn 启程 qǐchéng 北京 Běijīng .

We put the calories in our stomachs and set off for Beijing.

一路 yī lù 上 shǎng 吃 chī 了 le 半 bàn 斤 jīn 炒 chǎo 栗子 lì zi , 睡 shuì 了 le 一会儿 yīhuìr 觉 jiào ,就 jiù 到 dào 了 le 北京 Běijīng .

We ate half a jin of roast chestnuts, had a nap and soon arrived in Beijing.

内 nèi 画 huà 壶 hú 是 shì 鼻烟壶 bí yān hú 的 de 一种 yī zhǒng .内画技艺 jì yì 起源 qǐyuán 于 Yú 北京 Běijīng .

The art of decorating snuff bottles from the inside originated in Beijing.

赵凌冬就读 jiù dú 于 Yú 北京 Běijīng 一 yī 所 suǒ 私立 sī lì 中学 zhōng xué .

Zhao Lingdong is a private middle school student in Beijing.

岳春河,1971年 Nián 生人 shēng rén , 原 yuán 北京 Běijīng 同仁 Tóng rén 医院 yīyuàn 外科 wài kē 医师 yī shī .

Yue Chunhe , born in 1971, former surgeon of Beijing Tong Ren Hospital.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 北京 Běijīng and their own compounds.

北 běi

匕 bǐ , 爿 qiáng , ?

京 Jīng

小 xiǎo , 口 kǒu , 亠 tóu

See all 69 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 北京 Běijīng in their composition.

北 běi

背 bēi

偝 bèi , 褙 bèi , 揹, 禙, 鄁

乘 Chéng

剩 shèng , 嵊 shèng , 塖, 騬

燕 yàn

嬿 yàn , 觾 yàn , 嚥 yàn , 曣, 臙, 讌 yàn , 醼, 驠

乖 guāi , 丠 qiū , 埀 chuí , 邶 bèi , 鉳 běi , 嬊, 苝, 軰, 鷰

京 Jīng

就 jiù

鹫 jiù , 蹴 cù , 僦 jiù , 噈, 憱, 殧

景 Jǐng

影 yǐng , 憬 jǐng , 暻 jǐng , 璟 jǐng , 幜, 撔, 澋, 燝, 鐛

顥 hào

惊 jīng , 谅 liàng , 凉 Liáng , 琼 qióng , 鲸 jīng , 掠 lüè , 晾 liàng , 鯨 jīng , 涼 liáng , 倞 jìng , 勍 qíng , 弶 jiàng , 椋 liáng , 辌 liáng , 麖 jīng , 黥 qíng , 剠, 婛, 猄, 稤, 綡, 翞, 諒 liàng , 輬 liáng , 鍄, 鶁, 鷲 jiù