A serious epidemic has broken out in Beijing.
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Beijing
/beɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/
Synonyms for "beijing" (6 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
capital city
Related words (3)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: beijing-based, beijing-related, capital city, chinese capital, peking.
- Sentence evidence is available for beijing, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "beijing".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "beijing"
Keep "beijing" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "beijing" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "beijing", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "beijing" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesMore specific
6 entriesBeijing cuisineBeijing dialectBeijing operaBeijing timechaoyang districtdongcheng district
Collocations
10 entriesBeijing UniversityBeijing capitalBeijing cityBeijing cuisineBeijing dialectBeijing governmentBeijing metropolisBeijing municipal governmentBeijing operaBeijing time
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
156 translations across 114 languages.
Abkhaz
2 entries- Беиӡин name (capital of China)
- Пекин name (capital of China)
Afrikaans
1 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
Albanian
1 entries- Pekin name (capital of China)
Amharic
1 entries- ፔኪንግ name (capital of China)
Arabic
4 entries- بِكِين name (capital of China)
- بِكِين name (capital of China)
- بِكِّين name (capital of China)
- پِكِين name (capital of China)
Armenian
1 entries- Պեկին name (capital of China)
Assamese
1 entries- বেইজিং name (capital of China)
Asturian
1 entries- Pequín name (capital of China)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Pekin name (capital of China)
Bashkir
1 entries- Пекин name (capital of China)
Belarusian
3 entries- Бэйцзі́н name (capital of China)
- Пекі́н name (capital of China)
- Пэкі́н name (capital of China)
Bengali
2 entries- পিকিং name (capital of China)
- বেইজিং name (capital of China)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Пеки́н name (capital of China)
Burmese
2 entries- ပီကင်း name (capital of China)
- ပေကျင်း name (capital of China)
Buryat
1 entries- Бээжэн name (capital of China)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- Пекі́нґ name (capital of China)
Catalan
1 entries- Pequín name (capital of China)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەکین name (capital of China)
Chechen
1 entries- Пекин name (capital of China)
Chinese
2 entries- Быйҗин name (capital of China)
- 北京 name (capital of China)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 北京 name (capital of China)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 北京 name (capital of China)
Chuvash
1 entries- Пекин name (capital of China)
Corsican
1 entries- Pechinu name (capital of China)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- Hanbalıq name (capital of China)
- Pekin name (capital of China)
Czech
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Danish
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Peking name (capital of China)
Daur
1 entries- Bejin name (capital of China)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ބީޖިންގ name (capital of China)
Dutch
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 北京 name (capital of China)
Esperanto
2 entries- Bejĝingo name (capital of China)
- Pekino name (capital of China)
Estonian
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Farefare
1 entries- Pekɩŋ name (capital of China)
Faroese
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Peking name (capital of China)
Finnish
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
French
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Pékin name (capital of China)
Galician
1 entries- Pequín name (capital of China)
Georgian
1 entries- პეკინი name (capital of China)
German
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Peking name (capital of China)
Greek
1 entries- Πεκίνο name (capital of China)
Gujarati
1 entries- બેઇજિંગ name (capital of China)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 北京 name (capital of China)
Hebrew
2 entries- בֵּייְגִ׳ינְג name (capital of China)
- פֶּקִינְג name (capital of China)
Hindi
2 entries- बेइजिन्ग name (capital of China)
- बेजिंग name (capital of China)
Hungarian
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Icelandic
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Peking name (capital of China)
Irish
1 entries- Béising name (capital of China)
Italian
1 entries- Pechino name (capital of China)
Japanese
2 entries- ペキン name (capital of China)
- 北京 name (capital of China)
Kalmyk
1 entries- Бееҗн name (capital of China)
Kannada
1 entries- ಬೀಜಿಂಗ್ name (capital of China)
Kashubian
1 entries- Pekin name (capital of China)
Kazakh
1 entries- Бейжің name (capital of China)
Khmer
2 entries- ប៉ីជិង name (capital of China)
- ប៉េកាំង name (capital of China)
Korean
2 entries- 베이징 name (capital of China)
- 북경 name (capital of China)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Бээжин name (capital of China)
Lao
1 entries- ປັກກິງ name (capital of China)
Latin
1 entries- Pecinum name (capital of China)
Latvian
1 entries- Pekina name (capital of China)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Pekinas name (capital of China)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Lü
1 entries- ᦵᦗᦲᧉᦋᦲᧃᧈ name (capital of China)
Macedonian
1 entries- Пекинг name (capital of China)
Maltese
2 entries- Bejġing name (capital of China)
- Peking name (capital of China)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠪᡝᡤᡳᠩ name (capital of China)
Mongolian
3 entries- Бэйжин name (capital of China)
- Бээжин name (capital of China)
- ᠪᠡᠭᠡᠵᠢᠩ name (capital of China)
Nepali
1 entries- बेइजिङ name (capital of China)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Pekîn name (capital of China)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꀙꏢ name (capital of China)
Occitan
1 entries- Pequin name (capital of China)
Odia
1 entries- ବେଜିଂ name (capital of China)
Ossetian
1 entries- Пекин name (capital of China)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- خانبالق name (capital of China)
- پكینك name (capital of China)
Pashto
3 entries- بيجنګ name (capital of China)
- بېجېنګ name (capital of China)
- پيکنګ name (capital of China)
Persian
1 entries- پِکَن name (capital of China)
Polish
1 entries- Pekin name (capital of China)
Portuguese
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Pequim name (capital of China)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬੀਜਿੰਗ name (capital of China)
Romanian
1 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
Russian
2 entries- Бэйцзи́н name (capital of China)
- Пеки́н name (capital of China)
Sanskrit
1 entries- बीजिङ्ग् name (capital of China)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Bèjdžing name (capital of China)
- Pèking name (capital of China)
- Бѐјџинг name (capital of China)
- Пѐкинг name (capital of China)
Shugni
1 entries- Байҷӣн name (capital of China)
Silesian
1 entries- Bejdżing name (capital of China)
Sindhi
1 entries- بیجنگ name (capital of China)
Sinhalese
1 entries- බෙයිජිං name (capital of China)
Slovak
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Slovene
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Spanish
1 entries- Pekín name (capital of China)
Swedish
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Peking name (capital of China)
Tagalog
2 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
- Peking name (capital of China)
Tajik
1 entries- Пекин name (capital of China)
Tamil
1 entries- பெய்ஜிங் name (capital of China)
Tatar
2 entries- Пекин name (capital of China)
- Ханбалык name (capital of China)
Telugu
2 entries- బీజింగ్ name (capital of China)
- బేజింగ్ name (capital of China)
Thai
2 entries- ปักกิ่ง name (capital of China)
- เป่ย์จิง name (capital of China)
Tibetan
2 entries- པེ་ཅིང name (capital of China)
- པེ་ཅིན name (capital of China)
Turkish
2 entries- Hanbalık name (capital of China)
- Pekin name (capital of China)
Turkmen
1 entries- Pekin name (capital of China)
Tuvan
1 entries- Бээжин name (capital of China)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Бейцзі́н name (capital of China)
- Пекі́н name (capital of China)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- Peking name (capital of China)
Urdu
1 entries- بیجنگ name (capital of China)
Uyghur
1 entries- بېيجىڭ name (capital of China)
Uzbek
1 entries- Pekin name (capital of China)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Bắc Kinh name (capital of China)
Welsh
1 entries- Beijing name (capital of China)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 北京 name (capital of China)
Xibe
1 entries- ᠪᡝᡞᡪᡞᡢ name (capital of China)
Yakut
1 entries- Пекин name (capital of China)
Yiddish
2 entries- בייזשינג name (capital of China)
- פּעקינג name (capital of China)
Zhuang
1 entries- Baekging name (capital of China)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I went via Beijing of necessity because there wasn't a direct flight.
Source: tatoeba (278238)
Beijing is the capital of China.
Source: tatoeba (389049)
Because of heavy snow, the plane from Beijing arrived 20 minutes late.
Source: tatoeba (396198)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "beijing"?
Closest matches include beijing-based, beijing-related, capital city, chinese capital, peking.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "beijing"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.