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南京 is the title of Nanking or Nanjing.
This literally means southern capital. Nanjing was, at various times in history, the capital of China.
Nanjing is currently the capital of Jiangsu province. During WWII, it was the site of a massacre by invading Japanese troops.
Nanking is just an alternate romanization of these characters, in the same way that Peking is the alternate for Beijing. The real pronunciation in Mandarin is closer to Nanjing than Nanking.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your nanjing search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
南京 see styles |
nán jīng nan2 jing1 nan ching nankin ナンキン |
More info & calligraphy: Nanjing(1) Nanjing (China); Nanking; (2) (ksb:) (See カボチャ) pumpkin; squash; (prefix noun) (3) Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; (prefix noun) (4) rare; precious; cute; (place-name) Nanking (China); Nanjing |
南大 see styles |
nán dà nan2 da4 nan ta minamioo みなみおお |
More info & calligraphy: Nanda(place-name) Minamioo |
下關 下关 see styles |
xià guān xia4 guan1 hsia kuan |
Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
劉宋 刘宋 see styles |
liú sòng liu2 song4 liu sung |
Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing |
南靖 see styles |
nán jìng nan2 jing4 nan ching |
Nanjing county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian |
建康 see styles |
jiàn kāng jian4 kang1 chien k`ang chien kang kenkō |
old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties healthy |
建業 建业 see styles |
jiàn yè jian4 ye4 chien yeh |
an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420) |
建鄴 建邺 see styles |
jiàn yè jian4 ye4 chien yeh |
Jianye district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
明藏 see styles |
míng zàng ming2 zang4 ming tsang Myō zō |
The Buddhist canon of the Ming dynasty; there were two editions, one the Southern at Nanjing made by T'ai Tsu, the northern at Beijing by Tai Tsung. A later edition was produced in the reign of Shen Tsung (Wan Li), which became the standard in Japan. |
江寧 江宁 see styles |
jiāng níng jiang1 ning2 chiang ning |
Jiangning district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
江浦 see styles |
jiāng pǔ jiang1 pu3 chiang p`u chiang pu enoura / enora えのうら |
Jiangpu county, old name of Pukou district 浦口區|浦口区[Pu3 kou3 qu1] of Nanjing, Jiangsu (place-name) Enoura |
江蘇 江苏 see styles |
jiāng sū jiang1 su1 chiang su chiぁnsuze ちぁんすぜ |
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京 (place-name) Chansuze |
浦口 see styles |
pǔ kǒu pu3 kou3 p`u k`ou pu kou uraguchi うらぐち |
Pukou district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 (place-name, surname) Uraguchi |
溧水 see styles |
lì shuǐ li4 shui3 li shui |
Lishui county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu |
滬寧 沪宁 see styles |
hù níng hu4 ning2 hu ning |
Shanghai and Nanjing |
白下 see styles |
bái xià bai2 xia4 pai hsia shiroshita しろした |
Baixia district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 (surname) Shiroshita |
秦淮 see styles |
qín huái qin2 huai2 ch`in huai chin huai |
Qinhuai district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
華林 华林 see styles |
huá lín hua2 lin2 hua lin karin かりん |
Hualinbu, Ming dynasty theatrical troupe in Nanjing (female given name) Karin |
郭泉 see styles |
guō quán guo1 quan2 kuo ch`üan kuo chüan |
Guo Quan, formerly Professor of Nanjing Normal University, sacked after founding New People's Party of China 中國新民黨|中国新民党 |
金陵 see styles |
jīn líng jin1 ling2 chin ling kinryou / kinryo きんりょう |
pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name (given name) Kinryō Jinling |
高淳 see styles |
gāo chún gao1 chun2 kao ch`un kao chun koujun / kojun こうじゅん |
Gaochun county in Nanjing 南京, Jiangsu (personal name) Kōjun |
下關區 下关区 see styles |
xià guān qū xia4 guan1 qu1 hsia kuan ch`ü hsia kuan chü |
Xiaguan district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
中山陵 see styles |
zhōng shān líng zhong1 shan1 ling2 chung shan ling |
Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing |
六合區 六合区 see styles |
lù hé qū lu4 he2 qu1 lu ho ch`ü lu ho chü |
Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
南京市 see styles |
nán jīng shì nan2 jing1 shi4 nan ching shih |
Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods |
南京路 see styles |
nán jīng lù nan2 jing1 lu4 nan ching lu |
Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai |
南朝宋 see styles |
nán cháo sòng nan2 chao2 song4 nan ch`ao sung nan chao sung |
Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing; also known as Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋 |
南靖縣 南靖县 see styles |
nán jìng xiàn nan2 jing4 xian4 nan ching hsien |
Nanjing county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian |
建鄴區 建邺区 see styles |
jiàn yè qū jian4 ye4 qu1 chien yeh ch`ü chien yeh chü |
Jianye district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 |
明孝陵 see styles |
míng xiào líng ming2 xiao4 ling2 ming hsiao ling |
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], a World Heritage site |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Nanjing | 南京 | nankin | nán jīng / nan2 jing1 / nan jing / nanjing | nan ching / nanching |
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