北京
Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
Examples
中國的首都是北京。
The capital of China is Beijing.
北京的春天很適合騎車逛衚衕。
Beijing’s spring is very suitable for cycling around the hutongs.
原諒我不能陪你去北京。
Forgive me for not being able to go with you to Beijing.
這話本也出在本朝宣德年間，有一老者，姓劉，名德，家佐河西務鎮上。這鎮在運河之旁，離北京有二百里田地，乃各省出入京都的要路。
This story took place during the Xuande era of the current dynasty. There was an elderly man named Liu De who resided in Hexiwu town. This town is located beside the canal, about 200 lis away from Peking, and serves as a crucial route for people traveling to and from the capital from various provinces.
Beijing (the government of the People's Republic of China)
northern capital；Jiankang (capital of Liu Song dynasty)—in modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu province
northern capital；Jingkou (birthplace of Liu Song dynasty)—in modern-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province
northern capital；Pingcheng (capital of Northern Wei dynasty)—in modern-day Datong, Shanxi province
northern capital；Taiyuan Fu (birthplace of Tang dynasty and many subsequent states)—in modern-day Taiyuan, Shanxi province
northern capital；Daming Fu (visited by Emperor Zhenzong)—in modern-day Handan, Hebei province
northern capital；Shangjing Linhuang Fu (one of the capitals of Jin dynasty)—in modern-day Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
northern capital；Zhongdu (one of the capitals of Jin dynasty)—in modern-day Beijing
northern capital；Kaifeng Fu (Ming dynasty)—in modern-day Kaifeng, Henan province
中国首都，位于中国华北地区。
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