Place Names in Beijing

Place Names in BeiJing

Only the PinYin spellings should appear on road signs and bus stops. Chinese characters (HanZi) are not necessary. The PinYin is sufficient for the purpose of explicit identification, unambiguous pronunciation and easy reading of the name. The English annotation under the PinYin spellings in this page is only to explain to foreign readers of this essay about the literal meaning of place names, but will not appear on the road signs or bus stops.

An¹ Ding⁴ Men²
safe stable gate

Ba¹ Bao³ Shan¹
eight treasure hill

Bai³ Wan⁴ Zhuang¹
hundred ten-thousand village

Bing¹ Ma³ Si¹
weapon horse department

Chao² Yang² Men²
towards sun gate

Chong² Xing¹ Si⁴
recover prosperity temple

Ci² Yun² Si⁴
benevolent cloud temple

Cui⁴ Hua¹ Jie¹
green flower street

Dao⁴ Xiang¹ Yuan²
rice fragrance garden

Di⁴ Tan²
earth altar

Dong¹ Chang² An¹ Jie¹
east long peace street

Dong¹ Da⁴ Qiao²
east great bridge

Fu⁴ Xing¹ Lu⁴
recover prosperity road

Gao¹ Jing³
high well

Gu³ Lou²
drum tower

Guang¹ Hua² Li³
bright China sub-division

Guang³ An¹ Men²
extensive peace gate

Hong² Miao⁴
red temple

Hong² Xia² Lu⁴
red cloud road

Huang² Si⁴
yellow temple

Hui⁴ Zhong¹ Lu⁴
wisdom loyalty road

Jian⁴ Guo² Men²
establish nation gate

Jing⁴ An¹ Zhuang¹
quiet peaceful village

Kuan¹ Jie¹
wide street

Lan² Qi² Ying²
blue banner camp

Liang⁴ Ma³ Qiao²
demonstrate horse bridge

Liu² Li² Chang³
color glaze factory

Long² Tan² Hu²
dragon pond lake

Nan² Xiao³ Jie¹
south little street

Tian¹ An¹ Men²
heaven peace gate

Tian¹ Tan²
heaven altar

Tian² Shui³ Yuan²
sweet water garden

Wang² Fu³ Jing³
Wang mansion well

Xi¹ Ba⁴ He²
west dam river

Xiao¹ Yun² Lu⁴
sky cloud road

Xiu⁴ Shui³ Dong¹ Jie¹
clear water east street

Yan⁴ Nan² Yuan²
sparrow south garden

Yang² Shi⁴ Kou³
sheep market entrance

Ying¹ Jia¹ Fen²
ying family cemetery

Zhen⁴ Guo² Si⁴
stabilize country temple

Zhen⁴ Xing¹ Lu⁴
promote prosperity road

Zi³ Zhu² Yuan⁴
purple bamboo yard

There are thousands of place names in BeiJing, millions in China. More examples will be added to this page. Please come again.

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