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title: "Chinese Provinces and Cities in Chinese: Every Province, Region and Big City With Pinyin and Sound"
description: "59 Chinese provinces, regions and cities in Chinese, from 北京 and 上海 to 四川, 广东 and 云南, each with pinyin, where it is and sound."
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author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# Chinese provinces and cities

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## Provinces

hé河běi北

Hebei (province in northern China)

shān山xī西

Shanxi (province in northern China)

liáo辽níng宁

Liaoning (province in northeastern China)

jí吉lín林

Jilin (province in northeast China)

hēi黑lóng龙jiāng江

Heilongjiang (province in northeast China)

jiāng江sū苏

Jiangsu (province in eastern China)

zhè浙jiāng江

Zhejiang (province in eastern China)

ān安huī徽

Anhui (province in eastern China)

fú福jiàn建

Fujian (province in southeast China)

jiāng江xī西

Jiangxi (province in southeast China)

shān山dōng东

Shandong (province in eastern China)

hé河nán南

Henan (province in central China)

hú湖běi北

Hubei (province in central China)

hú湖nán南

Hunan (province in central China)

guǎng广dōng东

Guangdong (province in southern China)

hǎi海nán南

Hainan (island province in southern China)

sì四chuān川

Sichuan (province in southwest China)

guì贵zhōu州

Guizhou (province in southwest China)

yún云nán南

Yunnan (province in southwest China)

shǎn陕xī西

Shaanxi (province in northwest China)

gān甘sù肃

Gansu (province in northwest China)

qīng青hǎi海

Qinghai (province in western China)

## Municipalities

běi北jīng京

Beijing

shàng上hǎi海

Shanghai (municipality in east China)

tiān天jīn津

Tianjin (municipality in northern China)

chóng重qìng庆

Chongqing (municipality in southwest China)

## Autonomous regions

nèi内méng蒙gǔ古

Inner Mongolia

guǎng广xī西

Guangxi (autonomous region in southern China)

xī西zàng藏

Tibet; Xizang

níng宁xià夏

Ningxia (Hui autonomous region in northwest China)

xīn新jiāng疆

Xinjiang (autonomous region in northwest China)

## Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

xiāng香gǎng港

Hong Kong

ào澳mén门

Macao

tái台wān湾

Taiwan

## Big cities

guǎng广zhōu州

Guangzhou (capital of Guangdong province)

shēn深zhèn圳

Shenzhen (city in Guangdong)

chéng成dū都

Chengdu (capital of Sichuan province)

háng杭zhōu州

Hangzhou (capital of Zhejiang province)

xī西ān安

Xi'an (capital of Shaanxi province)

nán南jīng京

Nanjing (capital of Jiangsu)

wǔ武hàn汉

Wuhan (capital of Hubei)

sū苏zhōu州

Suzhou (city in Jiangsu province)

cháng长shā沙

Changsha (capital of Hunan province)

zhèng郑zhōu州

Zhengzhou (capital of Henan province)

jǐ济nán南

Jinan (capital of Shandong)

shěn沈yáng阳

Shenyang (capital of Liaoning province)

hā哈ěr尔bīn滨

Harbin (capital of Heilongjiang)

kūn昆míng明

Kunming (capital of Yunnan)

lā拉sà萨

Lhasa (capital of Tibet)

qīng青dǎo岛

Qingdao (city in Shandong province)

dà大lián连

Dalian (port city in Liaoning)

xià厦mén门

Xiamen (city in Fujian)

guì桂lín林

Guilin (city in Guangxi)

## Words for places

shěng省

province

shì市

city; municipality

zì自zhì治qū区

autonomous region (in China)

shǒu首dū都

capital (city)

shěng省huì会

provincial capital

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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## More on places

- [How to write a Chinese address](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-address)
- [Countries in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-countries)
- [Chinese food names](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-food-names)
- [Chinese dialects](https://mandarinthewild.com/guides/chinese-dialects)

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