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Provinces

  1. hé河běi北

    Hebei (province in northern China)

  2. shān山xī西

    Shanxi (province in northern China)

  3. liáo辽níng宁

    Liaoning (province in northeastern China)

  4. jí吉lín林

    Jilin (province in northeast China)

  5. hēi黑lóng龙jiāng江

    Heilongjiang (province in northeast China)

  6. jiāng江sū苏

    Jiangsu (province in eastern China)

  7. zhè浙jiāng江

    Zhejiang (province in eastern China)

  8. ān安huī徽

    Anhui (province in eastern China)

  9. fú福jiàn建

    Fujian (province in southeast China)

  10. jiāng江xī西

    Jiangxi (province in southeast China)

  11. shān山dōng东

    Shandong (province in eastern China)

  12. hé河nán南

    Henan (province in central China)

  13. hú湖běi北

    Hubei (province in central China)

  14. hú湖nán南

    Hunan (province in central China)

  15. guǎng广dōng东

    Guangdong (province in southern China)

  16. hǎi海nán南

    Hainan (island province in southern China)

  17. sì四chuān川

    Sichuan (province in southwest China)

  18. guì贵zhōu州

    Guizhou (province in southwest China)

  19. yún云nán南

    Yunnan (province in southwest China)

  20. shǎn陕xī西

    Shaanxi (province in northwest China)

  21. gān甘sù肃

    Gansu (province in northwest China)

  22. qīng青hǎi海

    Qinghai (province in western China)

Municipalities

  1. běi北jīng京

    Beijing

  2. shàng上hǎi海

    Shanghai (municipality in east China)

  3. tiān天jīn津

    Tianjin (municipality in northern China)

  4. chóng重qìng庆

    Chongqing (municipality in southwest China)

Autonomous regions

  1. nèi内méng蒙gǔ古

    Inner Mongolia

  2. guǎng广xī西

    Guangxi (autonomous region in southern China)

  3. xī西zàng藏

    Tibet; Xizang

  4. níng宁xià夏

    Ningxia (Hui autonomous region in northwest China)

  5. xīn新jiāng疆

    Xinjiang (autonomous region in northwest China)

Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

  1. xiāng香gǎng港

    Hong Kong

  2. ào澳mén门

    Macao

  3. tái台wān湾

    Taiwan

Big cities

  1. guǎng广zhōu州

    Guangzhou (capital of Guangdong province)

  2. shēn深zhèn圳

    Shenzhen (city in Guangdong)

  3. chéng成dū都

    Chengdu (capital of Sichuan province)

  4. háng杭zhōu州

    Hangzhou (capital of Zhejiang province)

  5. xī西ān安

    Xi'an (capital of Shaanxi province)

  6. nán南jīng京

    Nanjing (capital of Jiangsu)

  7. wǔ武hàn汉

    Wuhan (capital of Hubei)

  8. sū苏zhōu州

    Suzhou (city in Jiangsu province)

  9. cháng长shā沙

    Changsha (capital of Hunan province)

  10. zhèng郑zhōu州

    Zhengzhou (capital of Henan province)

  11. jǐ济nán南

    Jinan (capital of Shandong)

  12. shěn沈yáng阳

    Shenyang (capital of Liaoning province)

  13. hā哈ěr尔bīn滨

    Harbin (capital of Heilongjiang)

  14. kūn昆míng明

    Kunming (capital of Yunnan)

  15. lā拉sà萨

    Lhasa (capital of Tibet)

  16. qīng青dǎo岛

    Qingdao (city in Shandong province)

  17. dà大lián连

    Dalian (port city in Liaoning)

  18. xià厦mén门

    Xiamen (city in Fujian)

  19. guì桂lín林

    Guilin (city in Guangxi)

Words for places

  1. shěng省

    province

  2. shì市

    city; municipality

  3. zì自zhì治qū区

    autonomous region (in China)

  4. shǒu首dū都

    capital (city)

  5. shěng省huì会

    provincial capital

  6. chéng城shì市

    city; town

What is the difference between Shanxi and Shaanxi?

Only the tone: 山西 (shānxī, Shanxi) has a first tone and 陕西 (shǎnxī, Shaanxi) a third. Shaanxi is spelt with a double a to tell the two apart in English.

How did the provinces get their names?

Many say where they lie: 河北 (héběi, Hebei) and 河南 (hénán, Henan) are north and south of the Yellow River, 湖北 (húběi, Hubei) and 湖南 (húnán, Hunan) north and south of Dongting Lake, and 山东 (shāndōng, Shandong) and 山西 (shānxī, Shanxi) east and west of the Taihang Mountains.

What do Beijing and Nanjing mean?

京 (jīng) is a capital: 北京 (Běijīng) is the northern capital and 南京 (Nánjīng) the southern one.

What are the one-character names for provinces?

Each province also has a one-character name, used on number plates and in names like 川菜 (Sichuan food): 京 (jīng) for Beijing, 沪 (hù) for Shanghai, 川 (chuān) for Sichuan, 粤 (yuè) for Guangdong, 湘 (xiāng) for Hunan and 鲁 (lǔ) for Shandong.

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