新京

Xīnjīng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Hsinking, the name of Changchun as the capital of Manchukuo (1932–1945)

Examples

HSK 4
Xīnjīng jiùshì jīntiān de Chángchūn.
Hsinking is today's Changchun.
HSK 7-9
Mǎnzhōuguó bǎ Chángchūn gǎimíng wéi Xīnjīng, zuòwéi shǒudū.
Manchukuo renamed Changchun Hsinking and made it the capital.

Tips

usage
The name means 'new capital' and was dropped in 1945, when the city went back to 长春. The Beijing newspaper 新京报 has nothing to do with it: there 京 stands for Beijing.

Stroke Order

新 xīn
京 jīng