天京

Tiānjīng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Tianjing, 'Heavenly Capital', the Taiping name for Nanjing as their capital (1853–1864)

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Examples

HSK 1

洪秀全在天京住了十一年。

Hóng Xiùquán zài Tiānjīng zhù le shíyī nián.

Hong Xiuquan lived in Tianjing for eleven years.

HSK 7-9

太平天国把南京改名为天京。

Tàipíng Tiānguó bǎ Nánjīng gǎimíng wéi Tiānjīng.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom renamed Nanjing Tianjing.

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history

The Taiping took Nanjing in March 1853 and ruled from it for eleven years. 洪秀全 died in the city in June 1864, weeks before Qing forces broke in. The 天京事变 of 1856, a violent power struggle among the Taiping leaders, is named after it.

Stroke Order

天 tiān

京 jīng