BEIJING
Dictionary entry overview: What does Beijing mean? • BEIJING (noun)
The noun BEIJING has 1 sense:
1. capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city. In Chinese, Beijing means "North Capital" (Bei = North, Jing = Capital).
Familiarity information: BEIJING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BEIJING (noun)
Meaning:
Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city. In Chinese, Beijing means "North Capital" (Bei = North, Jing = Capital).
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Beijing; capital of Red China; Peiping; Peking
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Beijing"):
Forbidden City (a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China)
Holonyms ("Beijing" is a part of...):
China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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