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Chinese provincial capitals
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上海 | shàng hǎi | seat of Shanghai municipality |
| 乌鲁木齐 | wū lǔ mù qí | capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region |
| 兰州 | lán zhōu | capital of Gansu province |
| 北京 | běi jīng | Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 南京 | nán jīng | capital of China at different historical periods |
| 南宁 | nán níng | capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region |
| 南昌 | nán chāng | also Nanchang county |
| 台北 | tái běi | capital of Taiwan province |
| 合肥 | hé féi | capital of Anhui province |
| 呼和浩特 | hū hé hào tè | capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region |
| 哈尔滨 | hā ěr bīn | capital of Heilongjiang province |
| 天津 | tiān jīn | seat of Tianjin municipality |
| 太原 | tài yuán | capital of Shanxi province |
| 广州 | guǎng zhōu | Canton |
| 成都 | chéng dōu | capital of Sichuan province |
| 拉萨 | lā sà | capital of Tibet autonomous region |
| 昆明 | kūn míng | capital of Yunnan province |
| 杭州 | háng zhōu | capital of Zhejiang province |
| 武汉 | wǔ hàn | capital of Hubei province |
| 沈阳 | shěn yáng | capital of Liaoning province |
| 济南 | jì nán | capital of Shandong province |
| 海口 | hǎi kǒu | capital of Hainan province |
| 澳门 | ào mén | Aomen |
| 石家庄 | shí jiā zhuāng | capital of Hebei province |
| 福州 | fú zhōu | capital of Fujian province |
| 西宁 | xī níng | capital of Qinghai province |
| 西安 | xī ān | capital of Shaanxi province |
| 贵阳 | guì yáng | capital of Guizhou province |
| 郑州 | zhèng zhōu | capital of Henan province |
| 重庆 | chóng qìng | Chongqing city (Chungking), formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, short name 渝[yú] |
| 银川 | yín chuān | capital of Ningxia Hui autonomous region |
| 长春 | cháng chūn | capital of Jilin province |
| 长沙 | cháng shā | capital of Hunan province |
| 香港 | xiāng gǎng | Hong Kong |