Ten Easy to remember Chinese place names and words

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Hi, I have some easy Chinese words for you. Hi means sea in Chinese (Mandarin). I think of the high sea.

Haiku, the poetry, is also the name of a city in China. 

Haikou

The hanzi characters comprising the city's name, 海口, mean ocean/sea and mouth/port, respectively. Therefore, the name "Haikou" is also a word for "seaport" - similar to 'Portsmouth', meaning port's mouth, in England. 

Shanghai

The two Chinese characters in the city's name are 上 (shàng/zan, "upon") and 海 (hǎi/hae, "sea"), together meaning "Upon the Sea".

Beijing

The name Beijing, means "Northern Capital" (from the Chi>nglishnese characters 北 for north and 京 for capital).

English - Chinese

capital - jing

east -东 Dōng

good - how

mountain - shan

mouth or port - kou

north - 北 Běi

sea - hai

south - 南 Nán

upon - shang/zan

You  - ni

Chinese 

bei - north

dong - east

hai - sea

how - good

jing - capital

kou - mouth or port

Nán - south

ni - you

shan - mountain

Shang/zan - upon

Useful Websites (alphabetically)

chineasy

Here are the signs for roof, moon, king, person, fire, mountain (Shan - a popular first name for girls in China and Singapore), horse (ma), sun, mouth, door. chineasy uses pictures. I bought their book and flashcards. 

person

https://translate.google.com/

wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters

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