Chinese geography

Chinese provinces and regions

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
上海	shàng hǎi	seat of Shanghai municipality
云南	yún nán	Yunnan province
内蒙古	nèi méng gǔ	Inner Mongolia autonomous region
北京	běi jīng	Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China
台湾	tái wān	Taiwan
吉林	jí lín	also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
四川	sì chuān	Sichuan province
天津	tiān jīn	seat of Tianjin municipality
宁夏	níng xià	Ningxia Hui autonomous region
安徽	ān huī	Anhui province
山东	shān dōng	Shandong province
山西	shān xī	Shanxi province
广东	guǎng dōng	Guangdong province
广西	guǎng xī	Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region
新疆	xīn jiāng	Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區\|新疆维吾尔自治区[xīn jiāng wéi wú ěr zì zhì qū]
江苏	jiāng sū	Jiangsu province
江西	jiāng xī	Jiangxi province
河北	hé běi	Hebei province
河南	hé nán	Henan province
浙江	zhè jiāng	Zhejiang province
海南	hǎi nán	Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市\|乌海市[wū hǎi shì], Inner Mongolia
湖北	hú běi	Hubei province
湖南	hú nán	Hunan province
澳门	ào mén	Aomen
甘肃	gān sù	Gansu province
福建	fú jiàn	Fujian province
西藏	xī cáng	Tibet autonomous region
贵州	guì zhōu	Guizhou province
辽宁	liáo níng	Liaoning province
重庆	chóng qìng	Chongqing city (Chungking), formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, short name 渝[yú]
陕西	shǎn xī	Shaanxi province
青海	qīng hǎi	Qinghai province
香港	xiāng gǎng	Hong Kong
黑龙江	hēi lóng jiāng	Amur river