北京市

Traditional form:

北京市

Pinyin (reading):

Běijīng Shì

Definitions:

• Beijing
• capital of People's Republic of China
• one of the four municipalities 直轄市／直辖市 (zhíxiáshì)

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 京 - capital city
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 京 - capital city
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade