北京 (běijīng) means Beijing. Below are 24 of the 25 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
北京 烤鸭很有名。
Běijīng kǎoyā hěn yǒumíng.
Beijing roast duck is very famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 烤鸭
会议在 北京 召开。
Huìyì zài Běijīng zhàokāi.
The conference is being held in Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 召开
这个火车往 北京 开。
Zhège huǒchē wǎng Běijīng kāi.
This train goes towards Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 往
北京 是中国的首都。
Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū.
Beijing is the capital of China.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 首都
北京 的胡同很有名。
Běijīng de hútòng hěn yǒumíng.
Beijing's alleyways are famous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 胡同
去年我去 北京 旅游了。
Qùnián wǒ qù Běijīng lǚyóu le.
Last year I travelled to Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 旅游
火车准时到达了 北京 。
Huǒchē zhǔnshí dàodá le Běijīng.
The train arrived in Beijing on time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 到达
本届比赛在 北京 举行。
Běn jiè bǐsài zài Běijīng jǔxíng.
This session of the competition is held in Beijing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 届
他去 北京 出差谈商务。
Tā qù Běijīng chū chāi tán shāngwù.
He went to Beijing on a business trip.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 商务
北京 是一个很大的城市。
Běijīng shì yí gè hěn dà de chéngshì.
Beijing is a very big city.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 城市
他与朋友一起去了 北京 。
Tā yǔ péngyou yìqǐ qù le Běijīng.
He went to Beijing together with a friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 与
我曾经在 北京 住过两年。
Wǒ céngjīng zài Běijīng zhù guo liǎng nián.
I once lived in Beijing for two years.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 曾经
开往 北京 的列车快到了。
Kāi wǎng Běijīng de lièchē kuài dào le.
The train bound for Beijing is arriving soon.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 列车
代表团于昨晚抵达 北京 。
Dàibiǎotuán yú zuówǎn dǐdá Běijīng.
The delegation arrived in Beijing last night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抵达
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From the graded readers
哥哥今年二十岁，他在 北京 学习。
gēge jīnnián èrshí suì, tā zài běijīng xuéxí.
My brother is twenty this year and he studies in Beijing.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
From the travel phrasebook
我住在 北京 饭店。
Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng Fàndiàn.
I'm staying at the Beijing Hotel.
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
From the grammar library
我明天去 北京 。
Wǒ míngtiān qù Běijīng.
I'm going to Beijing tomorrow.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
我们明天去 北京 。
Wǒmen míngtiān qù Běijīng.
We are going to Beijing tomorrow.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
我明天要去 北京 。
Wǒ míngtiān yào qù Běijīng.
I'm going to Beijing tomorrow.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 想 / 要 / 需要 — want and need
北京 appears in 25 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 北京
How is 北京 used in a sentence?
This page shows 25 sentences using 北京 (běijīng, "Beijing"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 北京 an HSK word?
Yes — 北京 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 北京?
The dictionary page for 北京 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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