Word: 北京 (běijīng)

上海有什么不如北京的方面吗？

Shànghǎi yǒu shénme bùrú Běijīng de fāngmiàn ma?

Are there any aspects of Shanghai that are not as good as those of Beijing?

两位领导人明天将在北京会晤。

Liǎng wèi lǐngdǎorén míngtiān jiāng zài Běijīng huìwù.

The two leaders will meet in Beijing tomorrow.

两国首脑今天在北京见面。

Liǎng guó shǒunǎo jīntiān zài Běijīng jiànmiàn.

The heads of the two countries are meeting in Beijing today.

中国的首都是北京。

Zhōngguó de shǒudū shì Běijīng.

The capital of China is Beijing.

从北京寄到上海，运费是多少？

Cóng Běijīng jì dào Shànghǎi, yùnfèi shì duōshǎo?

How much is the shipping from Beijing to Shanghai?

从北京飞到南非要很长时间。

Cóng Běijīng fēi dào Nánfēi yào hěn cháng shíjiān.

It takes a long time to fly from Beijing to South Africa.

他专程为这件事飞来北京。

Tā zhuānchéng wèi zhè jiàn shì fēi lái Běijīng.

He flew to Beijing specially for this matter.

他住了三十年，可谓老北京了。

Tā zhùle sānshí nián, kěwèi lǎo Běijīng le.

He has lived here thirty years, so you could call him a real old Beijinger.

他前天到北京的。

Tā qiántiān dào Běijīng de.

He arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday.

他十八岁就离开家乡去北京求学。

Tā shíbā suì jiù líkāi jiāxiāng qù Běijīng qiúxué.

He left his hometown at eighteen to go study in Beijing.

他在北京工作。

Tā zài Běijīng gōngzuò.

He works in Beijing.

他把户口迁到了北京。

Tā bǎ hùkǒu qiān dàole Běijīng.

He moved his household registration to Beijing.

他搬到北京，此后很少回家。

Tā bān dào Běijīng, cǐhòu hěn shǎo huíjiā.

He moved to Beijing and after that rarely came home.

他特地从北京坐火车来看你。

Tā tèdì cóng Běijīng zuò huǒchē láikàn nǐ.

He came all the way from Beijing by train just to see you.

他终于拿到了去北京学习的名额。

Tā zhōngyú nádàole qù Běijīng xuéxí de míng'é.

He finally got a place to study in Beijing.

你们夫妻去过北京吗？

Nǐmen fūqī qùguo Běijīng ma?

Have you and your spouse ever been to Beijing?

你们来北京是出差还是观光？

Nǐmen lái Běijīng shì chūchāi háishi guānguāng?

Did you come to Beijing on business or to tour around?

你去北京学习几天？

Nǐ qù Běijīng xuéxí jǐtiān?

For how many days will you be staying in Beijing to study?

你去过北京的哪些名胜？

Nǐ qùguo Běijīng de nǎxiē míngshèng?

Which famous sights in Beijing have you been to?

你去过北京的皇宫吗？

Nǐ qùguo Běijīng de huánggōng ma?

Have you been to the imperial palace in Beijing?

你去过北京的鸟巢吗？

Nǐ qùguo Běijīng de niǎocháo ma?

Have you ever been to the Bird's Nest in Beijing?

你在北京都干嘛了？

Nǐ zài Běijīng dōu gànmá le?

What did you do in Beijing?

元朝的都城就是现在的北京。

Yuáncháo de dūchéng jiùshì xiànzài de Běijīng.

The capital of the Yuan dynasty is today's Beijing.

北京今天空气很好。

Běijīng jīntiān kōngqì hěn hǎo.

The air is very good in Beijing today.

北京和东京相差一小时。

Běijīng hé Dōngjīng xiāngchà yì xiǎoshí.

Beijing and Tokyo are one hour apart.

北京开始变冷了。

Běijīng kāishǐ biàn lěngle.

Beijing has started to get colder.

北京昨天天气怎么样？

Běijīng zuótiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?

How was the weather yesterday in Beijing?

北京是中国的首都。

Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū.

Beijing is the capital of China.

北京有很多有名的老字号。

Běijīng yǒu hěn duō yǒumíng de lǎozìhào.

Beijing has many famous long-established shops.

北京有很多老字号饭馆。

Běijīng yǒu hěn duō lǎozìhào fànguǎn.

Beijing has many time-honored restaurants.

北京欢迎你。

Běijīng huānyíng nǐ.

Beijing welcomes you.

北京的纬度比广州高。

Běijīng de wěidù bǐ Guǎngzhōu gāo.

Beijing's latitude is higher than Guangzhou's.

北京那么快地改变。

Běijīng nàme kuài de gǎibiàn.

Beijing is changing so rapidly.

双边会谈在北京举行了吗？

Shuāngbiān huìtán zài Běijīng jǔxíngle ma?

Were the bilateral talks held in Beijing?

后来我明白北京人走路走得慢。

Hòulái wǒ míngbai Běijīng rén zǒulù zǒu de màn.

I later realized that Beijing people walk slowly.

在北京乘地铁很便宜。

Zài Běijīng chéng dìtiě hěn piányi.

It is cheap to take the subway in Beijing.

她想去北京发展她的事业。

Tā xiǎng qù Běijīng fāzhǎn tā de shìyè.

She wants to go to Beijing to further her career.

她要去北京。

Tā yào qù Běijīng.

She's going to go to Beijing.

我也想去北京。

Wǒ yě xiǎng qù Běijīng.

I also want to go to Beijing.

我们先去北京。

Wǒmen xiān qù Běijīng.

We are firstly going to Beijing.

我们要去北京，也要去上海。

Wǒmen yào qù Běijīng, yě yào qù Shànghǎi.

We want to go to Beijing and Shanghai.

我伯父住在北京。

Wǒ bófù zhù zài Běijīng.

My father's elder brother lives in Beijing.

我初到北京时，什么都不懂。

Wǒ chū dào Běijīng shí, shénme dōu bù dǒng.

When I first arrived in Beijing, I didn't understand anything.

我和我哥哥要去北京。

Wǒ hé wǒ gēge yào qù Běijīng.

My brother and I are going to Beijing.

我哥哥的小学在北京。

Wǒ gēge de xiǎoxué zài Běijīng.

My brother's primary school is in Beijing.

我外婆是土生土长的北京人。

Wǒ wàipó shì tǔshēngtǔzhǎng de Běijīng rén.

My grandmother is a Beijinger born and raised.

我妈妈下个星期要去北京。

Wǒ māma xiàgexīngqī yào qù Běijīng.

My mom is going to Beijing next week.

我姐姐打算报考北京的大学。

Wǒ jiějie dǎsuàn bàokǎo Běijīng de dàxué.

My older sister plans to apply to take the entrance exam for a university in Beijing.

我很想到北京去。

Wǒ hěn xiǎngdào Běijīng qù.

I'd really like to go to Beijing.

我明天去北京。

Wǒ míngtiān qù Běijīng.

I'm going to Beijing tomorrow.

我昨天去了北京。

Wǒ zuótiān qùle Běijīng.

I went to Beijing yesterday.

我是上个月来的北京。

Wǒ shì shànggeyuè lái de Běijīng.

I came to Beijing last month.

我是在北京学习中文的。

Wǒ shì zài Běijīng xuéxí Zhōngwén de.

I studied Chinese in Beijing.

我是在北京学习的中文。

Wǒ shì zài Běijīng xuéxí de Zhōngwén.

It was in Beijing that I studied Chinese.

我是在北京学的中文。

Wǒ shì zài Běijīng xué de Zhōngwén.

It was in Beijing that I studied Chinese.

我来自北京。

Wǒ láizì Běijīng.

I come from Beijing.

我现在在北京。

Wǒ xiànzài zài Běijīng.

I am in Beijing right now.

我现在居住在北京。

Wǒ xiànzài jūzhù zài Běijīng.

I live in Beijing now.

我跟我男朋友去北京的。

Wǒ gēn wǒ nánpéngyou qù Běijīng de.

I went to Beijing with my boyfriend.

日后你要是来北京，一定告诉我。

Rìhòu nǐ yàoshi lái Běijīng, yídìng gàosu wǒ.

If you come to Beijing sometime, be sure to tell me.

普通话和北京话是不同的。

Pǔtōnghuà hé Běijīng huà shì bùtóng de.

"Putonghua" and "Beijinghua" are not the same.

来北京一定要去全聚德吗？

Lái Běijīng yídìng yào qù Quánjùdé ma?

Do you have to go to Quanjude when you come to Beijing?

来北京的外国朋友都想去天坛。

Lái Běijīng de wàiguó péngyou dōu xiǎng qù tiāntán.

Foreign friends who come to Beijing all want to go to the Temple of Heaven.

来北京的游客大多会去看天安门。

Lái Běijīng de yóukè dàduō huì qù kàn Tiān'ānmén.

Most tourists who come to Beijing go to see Tiananmen.

老北京的天桥有很多艺人。

Lǎo Běijīng de Tiānqiáo yǒu hěn duō yìrén.

Tianqiao in old Beijing had many folk performers.

老同学相约明年在北京见面。

Lǎo tóngxué xiāngyuē míngnián zài Běijīng jiànmiàn.

The old classmates arranged to meet in Beijing next year.

要是去北京的话，一定要去爬长城。

Yàoshi qù Běijīng dehuà, yídìng yào qù pá Chángchéng.

If you go to Beijing, definitely go and climb the Great Wall.

这趟动车几点到北京？

Zhè tàng dòngchē jǐdiǎn dào Běijīng?

What time does this high-speed train get to Beijing?

那个法国人在北京工作。

Nàge fǎguórén zài Běijīng gōngzuò.

That Frenchman works in Beijing.

那年冬，北京下了很大的雪。

Nà nián dōng, Běijīng xià le hěn dà de xuě.

That winter, it snowed heavily in Beijing.

麻烦问一下，北京大酒店怎么走？

Máfan wèn yíxià, Běijīng dà jiǔdiàn zěnme zǒu?

Sorry to trouble you - how do I get to the Beijing Hotel?