Jīng ㄐㄧㄥ ging1

  • surname Jing
  • short name for Beijing 北京 Běi jīng ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ
  • Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi
  • Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam

jīng ㄐㄧㄥ ging1

  • capital city of a country
  • big
  • algebraic term for a large number (old)
  • artificial mound (old)

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Practice writing

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Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 北京熱嗎? Is Beijing hot?
  • 我来自东京。 I'm from Tokyo.
  • 她住在京都。 She lives in Kyoto.
  • 我住在東京。 I live in Tokyo.
  • 我住在东京。 I'm alive in Tokyo.

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