beijing
n. countablen. the capital city of China. It is a huge city in the north of the country known for its long history and famous landmarks.
n. the capital city of the People's Republic of China, serving as the nation's political, cultural, and educational centre.
I am flying to Beijing tomorrow morning.
Many international students move to Beijing to study Mandarin at one of the city's top universities.
As a major global power hub, Beijing balances its ancient architectural heritage with a rapidly expanding skyline of modern glass skyscrapers and high-speed transport networks.
c. 1958, borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng, romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 北京 (Běijīng, literally “northern capital”). The name Beijing was to distinguish the city from Nanjing to the south, and first applied informally during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who preferred to rule from Beijing but was obliged to treat Nanjing as a secondary capital by the dynastic injunctions of his father the Hongwu Emperor. The name continued a practice of several preceding dynasties—especially those of nomadic conquerers from the north such as the Jin and Liao—of maintaining a number of separate capitals designated by their cardinal directions.
As a proper noun, it is almost always used without an article unless modified by an adjective.