南京 Chinese English dictionary 南京 translate 南京 pinyin

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南京

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
南京 Nánjīng	南京 \| 南京* \| *南京	see 南京市 / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
南	南 \| 南* \| *南	9画十 + 7	nán, nā	south; southern part; southward	naam4	4022.7 JBTJ


京	京 \| 京* \| *京	8画亠 + 6	jīng	capital city	ging1	0090.6 YRF

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
南京 Nánjīng	南京 \| 南京* \| *南京	see 南京市 / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)


南 Nán	南 \| 南* \| *南	surname Nan


南 nā	南 \| 南* \| *南	used in 南無｜南无 / Taiwan pr. [na2]


南 nán	南 \| 南* \| *南	south


京　Jīng	京 \| 京* \| *京	surname Jing / short name for Beijing 北京 / Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam


京　jīng	京 \| 京* \| *京	capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)