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Short names of Chinese provinces

The official names of Chinese administrative-territorial units are well-known. To see them is easy — simply by glancing at the map of China. They consist of usually two (except for Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia) characters.

But they also have other names consisting of only one hieroglyph. Those are less known outside China.

Their origins are not the same. In some cases they are the historical names of ancient China's areas, in other cases they are simply the parts of full names.

The table below contains the names of provinces, autonomous regions, directly administered or province-level cities and special administrative regions, followed by putonghua transcription.


 Peking  北京  běijīng  京  jīng
 Tientsin  天津  tiānjīn  津  jīn
 Shanghai  上海  shànghǎi  沪  
 Chongqing  重庆  chóngqìng  渝  
 Hebei  河北  héběi  冀  
 Shanxi  山西  shānxī  晋  jìn
 Liaoning  辽宁  liáoníng  辽  liáo
 Jilin  吉林  jílín  吉  
 Heilongjiang  黑龙江 hēilóngjiāng  黑  hēi
 Jiangsu  江苏  jiāngsū  苏  
 Zhejiang  浙江  zhèjiāng  浙  zhè
 Anhui  安徽  ānhuī  皖  wǎn
 Fujian  福建  fújiàn  闽  mǐn
 Jiangxi  江西  jiāngxī  赣  gàn
 Shantung  山东  shāndōng  鲁  
 Henan  河南  hénán  豫  
 Hubei  湖北  húběi  鄂  è
 Hunan  湖南  húnán  湘  xiāng
 Guangdong  广东  guǎngdōng  粤  yuè
 Hainan  海南  hǎinán  琼  qióng
 Sichuan  四川  sìchuān  川  chuān
 Guizhou  贵州  guìzhōu  黔 or 贵  qián or guì
 Yunnan  云南  yúnnán  滇 or 云  diān or yún
 Shaanxi  陕西  shǎnxī  陕 or 秦  shǎn or qín
 Gansu  甘肃  gānsù  甘 or 陇  gān or lǒng
 Qinghai  青海  qīnghǎi  青  qīng
 Tibet  西藏  xīzàng  藏  zàng
 Guangxi  广西(壮)  guǎngxī(zhuàng)  桂  guì
 Inner Mongolia  内蒙古  nèiměnggǔ  蒙  měng
 Ningxia  宁夏(回)  níngxià(huí)  宁  níng
 Xinjiang  新疆(维吾尔)  xīnjiāng(wéiwúěr)  新  xīn
 Hong Kong  香港  xiānggǎng  港  gǎng
 Macau  澳门  àomén  澳  ào
 Taiwan  台湾  táiwān  台  tái

Despite of being less common, these names have their sphere of usage. For example, on motor vehicles' licence plates.


Live and learn! Chinese input software Chinese Newspapers Online Few words about Chinese cuisine Chinese words in latin letters
How to come to China Small secrets of Chinese input Martial arts World brandnames in Chinese Holidays in the People's Republic of China
Pinyin to Wade-Giles conversion table Self-adopted words in Chinese language Short names of Chinese provinces

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