Beijing
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- proper noun
- /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/
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Pekín
- Many tourists enjoy exploring the Great Wall while staying in Beijing.
- the city of Beijing
- cooperation with Beijing
- Beijing's foreign policy
And so they're now treatment clinics in Beijing for obese children.
- And so they're now treatment clinics in Beijing for obese children.
- So our embassies in Beijing, not in Taipei, Right?
- They would basically go to Beijing and say, cool it.
- Omicron began spreading, first in Beijing and then in the rest of the country.
- Cairo, Beijing, the big conferences, not only Rio.
- They've failed to suppress it despite locking down Shanghai and Beijing is going to near lockdown.
- So I, I think I, I went to Beijing, my mum and dad were there.
- Well, building in Beijing to start with was a very difficult task for us.
- They approached Beijing to get clearance to list their stock overseas.
- Then they say, OK, you have to go to Beijing.
- I was, I had a layover in Beijing, China, and they were playing that song.
- You go east, go to New Delhi, go to Beijing.
- Let's say there's, you know, an American contingent in, you know, Beijing.
Examples
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Um, we're in Beijing next week.
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But then, in early 2010, as many in Beijing saw it, Washington appeared to reverse course.
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So this actually takes place in Beijing in December.
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Got me all the way to the Beijing Games.
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Well, building in Beijing to start with was a very difficult task for us.
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In China, the Beijing club team came in second at the World's.
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Pickup is in Central Beijing tomorrow night, 10:00.
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My mind wanders back to the Beijing of ten years ago.
Fiction book (2000) -
She earned a law degree at Beijing University, China's best law school.
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In dealing with Beijing, U.S. policymakers perceive conflicts of interest for what they are.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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An old English name for Beijing, the capital city of China
Old name for Beijing, the capital of China, used before 1949
Compounds
- Slang
Men, especially in China, roll up their shirts to show their stomachs in hot weather
A variety of Chinese spoken in Beijing that forms the basis of Standard Mandarin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Beijing comes from the Chinese parts bei and jing, which mean 'north' and 'capital'. So, Beijing literally means 'northern capital', which explains why it is the capital city in the north of China.