北 běi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 匕 — spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
北京
Běijīng
Beijing
Characters in this word
京 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亠 — lid, cover
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我住在北京。 Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng. I live in Beijing.
- 北京很大。 Běijīng hěn dà. Beijing is very big.
- 我想去北京。 Wǒ xiǎng qù Běijīng. I want to go to Beijing.
- 他去北京工作。 Tā qù Běijīng gōngzuò. He is going to Beijing to work.
- 李月在北京吗？ Lǐ Yuè zài Běijīng ma? Is Li Yue in Beijing?
- 明天北京下雨。 Míngtiān Běijīng xiàyǔ. It will rain in Beijing tomorrow.
- 这是北京的地图。 Zhè shì Běijīng de dìtú. This is a map of Beijing.
- 老师什么时候回北京？ Lǎoshī shénme shíhou huí Běijīng? When will the teacher return to Beijing?
- 王明不在北京。 Wáng Míng bú zài Běijīng. Wang Ming is not in Beijing.
- 小王坐飞机去北京。 Xiǎo Wáng zuò fēijī qù Běijīng. Xiao Wang is flying to Beijing.
Related words
- 北 běi north
- 北边 běibian north side
- 北方 běifāng the north
- 东北 dōngběi northeast
- 西北 xīběi northwest
- 北部 běibù northern part; the north
- 北极 běijí the North Pole
- 南北 nánběi north and south
- 北美洲 Běiměizhōu North America
- 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé to act in a way that contradicts one's goal; to go in the opposite direction
- 京剧 jīngjù Beijing opera
- 中国 Zhōngguó China