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.
| 北戴河
| Bĕidàihé
| Beidaihe (Peitaiho)
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| 北海公园
| Běihăi Gōngyuán
| Beihai Park
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| 长春
| Chángchūn
| Changchun (capital city of Jilin)
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| 长江
| Chángjiāng
| Yangtze River
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| 成都
| Chéngdū
| Chengdu (provincial capital of Sichuan)
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| 重庆
| Chóngqìng
| Chongqing (Chungking)
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| 大连
| Dàlían
| Dalian (Dairen)
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| 大同
| Dàtóng
| Datong (Tatung)
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| 东江
| Dōngjiāng
| East River (tributary of the Pearl River)
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| 敦煌
| Dūnhúang
| Dunhuang (Tunhuang)
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| 福建
| Fújiàn
| Fujian (Fukien)
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| 福州
| Fúzhōu
| Fuzhou (Foochow) (provincial capital of Fujian)
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| 高雄
| Gāoxióng
| Gaoxiong (Kaohsiung, in Taiwan)
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| 桂林
| Guìlín
| Guilin (Kweilin)
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| 贵阳
| Guìyáng
| Guiyang (Kweiyang)
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| 贵州
| Guìzhōu
| Guizhou (a province in southern China)
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| 哈尔滨
| Hāĕrbīn
| Haerbin (Harbin)
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| 海口
| Hăikŏu
| Haikou (Haikow)
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| 海南
| Hăinán
| Hainan (an island province off the coast of southern China)
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| 杭州
| Hángzhōu
| Hangzhou (Hangchow)
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| 汉口
| Hànkŏu
| Hankou (Hankow)
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| 黑龙江
| Hēilóngjīang
| Heilongjiang (Amur River)
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| 黄江
| Huángjiāng
| Yellow River
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| 华清池
| Huáqīng Chí
| Huaqing Springs (a famous hot spring close to Xi’an)
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| 江苏
| Jiāngsū
| Jiangsu (Kiangsu)
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| 江西
| Jiāngxī
| Jiangxi (Kianghsi)
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| 基隆
| Jīlóng
| Jilong (Keelung)
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| 金门
| Jīnmén
| Jinmen (Quemoy; Kinmen)
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| 金山岭
| Jīnshānlĭng
| Mount Jinshan
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