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Chinese Place Names
China is a vast country and given how the language is written, figuring out what is what can be difficult. So the following list of place names should be very helpful. The English includes the current pinyin name, and the older name in parenthesis, plus descriptions for some places. The Chinese characters are given in simplified form.
| 兰州 | Lánzhōu | Lanzhou (Lanchow) |
| 拉萨 | Lāsā | Lhasa |
| 辽宁 | Líaoníng | Liaoning |
| 洛阳 | Lùoyáng | Luoyang (Loyang) |
| 蒙古 | Ménggǔ | Mongolia |
| 南昌 | Nánchāng | Nanchang |
| 南京 | Nánjīng | Nanjing |
| 南宁 | Nánnīng | Nanning |
| 宁波 | Níngbō | Ningbo (Ningpo) |
| 宁破 | Níngpo | Ningpo |
| 宁夏 | Níngxìa | Ningxia (Ningsia) |
| 浦东 | Pǔdōng | Pudong, an important enterprise/business district east of the Huangpu River in Shanghai |
| 青岛 | Qīngdăo | Qingdao (Tsingtao) |
| 青海 | Qīnghăi | Qinghai (Tsinghai) |
| 秦淮河 | Qínhuái Hé | Qinhuai River |
| 秦皇岛 | Qínhúangdăo | Qinhuangdao (Chinhuangtao) |
| 屈原 | Qū Yuán | Qu Yuan |
| 曲阜 | Qŭfù | Qufu (Chufu) |
| 人民剧场 | Rénmín Jùchăng | People’s Theater |
| 山东 | Shāndōng | Shandong (Shantung) |
| 上海 | Shànghăi | Shanghai |
| 汕头 | Shànghăi | Shanghai |
| 汕头 | Shàntóu | Shantou (Swatow) |
| 陕西 | Shănxī | Shanxi (Shensi) |
| 沈阳 | Shěnyáng | Shenyang (Mukden) |
| 深圳 | Shēnzhèn | Shenzhen (Shumchun) |
| 石家庄 | Shíjiāzhūang | Shijiazhuang (Shihchiachuang) |
| 四川 | Sichuān | Sichuan (Szechuan) |
| 苏州 | Sūzhōu | Suzhou (Soochow) |
| 台北 | Táibĕi | Taibei (Taipei) |
| 台南 | Táinán | Tainan |
| 台湾 | Táiwān | Taiwan |
| 太原 | Tàiyúan | Taiyuan |
| 台中 | Táizhōng | Taizhong (Taichung) |
| 天安门广场 | Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng | Tiananmen Square |
| 天津 | Tiānjin | Tianjin (Tientsin) |
| 吐鲁番 | Túlŭfān | Turfan; Turpan |
| 温州 | Wēnzhōu | Wenzhou (major coastal city in Zhejiang province) |
| 武汉 | Wǔhàn | Wuhan |
| 乌鲁木齐 | Wūlŭmùqí | Urumchi |
| 无锡 | Wúxī | Wuxi (Wuhsi, Wusih) |
| 西安 | Xī’ān | Xi’an |
| 厦门 | Xiàmén | Xiamen (Amoy) |
| 香港 | Xiānggăng | Hong Kong |
| 西宁 | Xīníng | Xining (Hsining) |
| 新疆 | Xīnjīang | Xinjiang (Sinkiang) |
| 西藏 | Xīzàng | Tibet |
| 玄武湖 | Xuánwǔ Hú | Lake Xuanwu (a lake in Nanjing) |
| 延安 | Yán’ān | Yanan (Yenan) |
| 烟台 | Yāndái | Yandai (Cheefoo; Yentai) |
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