京 (ging1 | jing1 jing3 qiang2 yuan2) : capital city; great

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京

ging1

jing1 jing3 qiang2 yuan2

1] [n] capital city; metropolis [2] ten million [3] great; greatness [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 亠 (#8)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

京

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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北京 bak1 ging1 bei3 jing1 = Beijing

京廣 ging1 gwong2 jing1 guang3 = Beijing-Guangdong

東京 dung1 ging1 dong1 jing1 = Tokyo

京劇 ging1 kek6 jing1 ju4 = Beijing (Peking) Opera

京戲 ging1 hei3 jing1 xi4 = Beijing opera

東京都 dung1 ging1 dou1 = Tokyo Prefecture

北京市 bak1 ging1 si5 = Beijing

京菜 ging1 coi3 = Beijing/Peking cuisine

北京鴨 bak1 ging1 aap3*2 = Peking duck; roast duck

北京菜 bak1 ging1 coi3 = Beijing/Pekinese cuisine
See all 51 compounds (CantoDict reports 55 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 京

北京的天氣怎麼樣？國
How's the weather in Beijing?

北京嗰度嘅天氣點樣？粵
How's the weather over there in Beijing?
[The 嗰度 is optional.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 京
Unicode code for this character: U+4EAC (off-site link)

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