The Complete Guide to Countries & Capitals in Chinese
From London to Beijing || 195 Countries & Their Capitals
You may know that London is the capital of England and Tokyo is the capital of Japan, but do you know how to say these capital cities in Chinese?
Let’s learn how to say all the countries and their capital cities in Chinese!
We’ve produced a mammoth list with 195 countries and their capital cities in Mandarin.
We’ve broken the article down into continents, so pick your favourite one, and let’s get learning together!
Countries & Capitals in Chinese || Africa
Countries & Capitals in Chinese || Asia
Countries & Capitals in Chinese || Europe
Countries & Capitals in Chinese || North America
Countries & Capitals in Chinese || Oceania
Countries & Capitals in Chinese || South America
Countries & Capitals in Chinese || FAQ’s
Africa
Let’s start with the countries in Africa.
Country | Hanzi & Pinyin | Capital City | Hanzi & Pinyin |
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Algeria | 阿尔及利亚 (ā’ěrjílìyǎ) | Algiers | 阿尔及尔 (ā’ěrjíěr) |
Angola | 安哥拉 (āngēlā) | Luanda | 罗安达 (luóāndá) |
Benin | 贝宁 (bèiníng) | Porto-Novo | 波多诺伏 (bōduōnuòfú) |
Botswana | 博茨瓦纳 (bócíwǎnà) | Gaborone | 哈博罗内 (hābóluōnèi) |
Burkina Faso | 布基纳法索 (Bùjīnàfǎsuǒ) | Ouagadougou | 瓦加杜古 (wǎjiādùgǔ) |
Burundi | 布隆迪 (bùlóngdí) | Gitega | 基特加 (jītèjiā) |
Cameroon | 喀麦隆 (kāmàilóng) | Yaounde | 雅温得 (yǎwēndé) |
Cape Verde | 佛得角 (fúdéjiǎo) | Praia | 普腊亚 (pǔlàyà) |
Central African Republic | 中非共和国 (zhōngfēi gònghéguó) | Bangui | 班吉 (bānjí) |
Chad | 查德 (chádé) | N’Djamena | 恩贾梅纳 (ēnjiǎméinà) |
Comoros | 科摩罗 (kēmóluó) | Moroni | 莫罗尼 (mòluōní) |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 刚果民主共和国 (gāngguǒ mínzhǔ gònghéguó) | Kinshasa | 金沙萨 (jīnshāsà) |
Djibouti | 吉布提 (jíbùtí) | Djibouti | 吉布提 (jíbùtí) |
Egypt | 埃及 (āijí) | Cairo | 开罗 (kāiluó) |
Equatorial Guinea | 赤道几内亚 (chìdào jǐnèiyǎ) | Malabo | 马拉博 (mǎlābó) |
Eritrea | 厄立特里亚 (èlìtèlǐyǎ) | Asmara | 阿斯马拉 (āsīmǎlā) |
Eswatini | 斯威士兰 (sīwēishìlán) | Lobamba, Mbabane | 洛班巴, 墨巴本 (luòbānbā, mòbāběn) |
Ethiopia | 埃塞俄比亚 (āisāi’ébǐyǎ) | Addis Ababa | 亚的斯亚贝巴 (yàdesīyàbèibā) |
Gabon | 加蓬 (jiāpéng) | Libreville | 利伯维尔 (lìbówéi’ěr) |
Ghana | 加纳 (jiānà) | Accra | 阿克拉 (ā kèlā) |
Guinea | 几内亚 (jǐnèiyǎ) | Conakry | 科纳克里 (kēnàkèlǐ) |
Guinea-Bissau | 几内亚比索 (jǐnèiyǎ bǐsuǒ) | Bissau | 比索 (bǐsuǒ) |
Ivory Coast | 科特迪瓦 (kētèdíwǎ) | Yamoussoukro | 亚穆苏克罗 (yàmùsūkèluó) |
Kenya | 肯尼亚 (kěnníyǎ) | Nairobi | 内罗毕 (nèiluóbì) |
Lesotho | 莱索托 (láisuǒtuō) | Maseru | 马塞卢 (mǎsàilú) |
Liberia | 利比里亚 (lìbǐlǐyǎ) | Monrovia | 蒙罗维亚 (méngluówéiyǎ) |
Libya | 利比亚 (lìbǐlǐ) | Tripoli | 的黎波里 (dílíbōlǐ) |
Madagascar | 马达加斯加岛 (mǎdájiāsījiā dǎo) | Antananarivo | 安塔那那利佛 (āntǎnànàlìfó) |
Malawi | 马拉维 (mǎlāwéi) | Lilongwe | 利隆圭 (lìlóngguī) |
Mali | 马里 (mǎlǐ) | Bamako | 巴马科 (bāmǎkē) |
Mauritania | 毛里塔尼亚 (máolǐtǎníyǎ) | Nouakchott | 努瓦克肖特 (nǔwǎkèxiàotè) |
Mauritius | 毛里求斯 (máolǐqiúsī) | Port Louis | 路易港 (lùyìgǎng) |
Morocco | 摩洛哥 (móluògē) | Rabat | 拉巴特 (lābātè) |
Mozambique | 莫桑比克 (mòsāngbǐkè) | Maputo | 马普托 (mǎpǔtuō) |
Namibia | 纳米比亚 (nàmǐbǐyǎ) | Windhoek | 温得和克 (wēndéhékè) |
Niger | 尼日尔 (nírì’ěr) | Niamey | 尼亚美 (níyǎměi) |
Nigeria | 尼日利亚 (nírìlìyǎ) | Abuja | 阿布亚 (ābùjiǎ) |
Republic of the Congo | 刚果 (gāngguǒ) | Brazzaville | 布拉柴维尔 (bùlācháiwéi’ěr) |
Rwanda | 卢旺达 (lúwàngdá) | Kigali | 基加利 (jījiālì) |
Sao Tome and Principe | 圣多美和普林西比 (shèngduōměi hépǔlínxībǐ) | São Tomé | 圣多美 (shèngduōměi) |
Senegal | 塞内加尔 (sàinèijiā’ěr) | Dakar | 达喀尔 (dákāěr) |
Seychelles | 塞舌尔 (sāishéěr) | Victoria | 维多利亚 (wéiduōlìyǎ) |
Sierra Leone | 塞拉利昂 (sèlālì’áng) | Freetown | 弗里敦 (fúlǐdūn) |
Somalia | 索马里 (suǒmǎlǐ) | Mogadishu | 摩加迪沙 (mójiādíshā) |
South Africa | 南非 (nánfēi) | Cape Town | 开普敦 (kāipǔdūn) |
South Sudan | 南苏丹 (nánsūdān) | Juba | 朱巴 (zhūbā) |
Sudan | 苏丹 (sūdān) | Khartoum | 喀土穆 (kātǔmù) |
Tanzania | 坦桑尼亚 (tǎnsāngníyǎ) | Dodoma | 多多马 (duōduōmǎ) |
The Gambia | 冈比亚 (gāngbǐyǎ) | Banjul | 班珠尔 (bānzhūěr) |
Togo | 多哥 (duōgē) | Lomé | 洛美 (luòměi) |
Tunisia | 突尼斯 (túnísī) | Tunis | 突尼斯 (túnísī) |
Uganda | 乌干达 (wūgāndá) | Kampala | 坎帕拉 (kǎnpàlā) |
Zambia | 赞比亚 (zànbǐyǎ) | Lusaka | 卢萨卡 (lúsàkǎ) |
Zimbabwe | 津巴布韦 (jīnbābùwéi) | Harare | 哈拉雷 (hālāléi) |
That was quite a long list, but we’ve got a long way to go yet!
Talking of countries, check out our Geography in Chinese post to learn how to talk about the geographical features of the countries.
Have you spotted your country yet?
If not keep reading, now let’s head to our next continent.
Asia
Let’s now learn about the countries in Asia and their respective capital cities in Chinese.
Country | Hanzi & Pinyin | Capital City | Hanzi & Pinyin |
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Afghanistan | 阿富汗 (āfùhàn) | Kabul | 喀布尔 (kābù’ěr) |
Armenia | 亚美尼亚 (yàměiníyǎ) | Yerevan | 埃里温 (āilǐwēn) |
Azerbaijan | 阿塞拜疆 (àsèbàijiāng) | Baku | 巴库 (bākù) |
Bahrain | 巴林 (bālín) | Manama | 麦纳麦 (màinàmài) |
Bangladesh | 孟加拉 (mèngjiālāguó) | Dhaka | 达卡 (dákǎ) |
Bhutan | 不丹 (bùdān) | Thimphu | 廷布 (tíngbù) |
Brunei | 汶莱 (wènlái) | Bandar Seri Begawan | 斯里巴加湾市 (sīlǐbājiāwānshì) |
Cambodia | 柬埔寨 (jiǎnpǔzhài) | Phnom Penh | 金边 (jīnbiān) |
China | 中国 (zhōngguó) | Beijing | 北京 (běijīng) |
Cyprus | 塞浦路斯 (sāipǔlùsī) | Nicosia | 尼科西亚 (níkēxīyǎ) |
Georgia | 格鲁吉亚 (gélǔjíyà) | Tbilisi | 第比利斯 (dìbǐlìsī) |
India | 印度 (yìndù) | New Delhi | 新德里 (xīndélǐ) |
Indonesia | 印度尼西亚 (yìndùníxīyà) | Jakarta | 雅加达 (yǎjiādá) |
Iran | 伊朗 (yīlǎng) | Tehran | 德黑兰 (déhēilán) |
Iraq | 伊拉克 (yīlākè) | Baghdad | 巴格达 (bāgédá) |
Israel | 以色列 (yǐsèliè) | Jerusalem | 耶路撒冷 (yēlùsālěng) |
Japan | 日本 (rìběn) | Tokyo | 东京 (dōngjīng) |
Jordan | 约旦 (yuēdàn) | Amman | 安曼省 (ānmànshěng) |
Kazakhstan | 哈萨克斯坦 (hāsàkèsītǎn) | Astana | 阿斯坦纳 (āsītǎnnà) |
Kuwait | 科威特 (kēwēitè) | Kuwait City | 科威特城 (kēwēitèchéng) |
Kyrgyzstan | 吉尔吉斯斯坦 (jí’ěrjísīsītǎn) | Bishkek | 比什凯克 (bǐshénkǎikè) |
Laos | 老挝 (lǎowō) | Vientiane | 万象 (wànxiàng) |
Lebanon | 黎巴嫩 (líbānèn) | Beirut | 贝鲁特 (bèilǔtè) |
Malaysia | 马来西亚 (mǎláixīyà) | Kuala Lumpur | 吉隆坡 (jílóngpō) |
Maldives | 马尔代夫 (mǎ’ěrdàifū) | Malé | 马累 (mǎlèi) |
Mongolia | 蒙古 (ménggǔ) | Ulaanbaatar | 乌兰巴托 (wūlánbātuō) |
Myanmar | 缅甸 (miǎndiàn) | Naypyidaw | 奈比多 (nàibǐduō) |
Nepal | 尼泊尔 (níbó’ěr) | Kathmandu | 加德满都 (jiādémǎndū) |
North Korea | 北朝鲜 (běicháoxiǎn) | Pyongyang | 平壤 (píngrǎng) |
Oman | 阿曼 (āmàn) | Muscat | 马斯喀特 (mǎsīkātè) |
Pakistan | 巴基斯坦 (bājīsītǎn) | Islamabad | 伊斯兰堡 (yīsīlánbǎo) |
Palestine | 巴勒斯坦 (bālèsītǎn) | Ramallah | 拉马拉 (lāmǎlā) |
Philippines | 菲律宾 (fēilǜbīn) | Manila | 马尼拉 (mǎnílā) |
Qatar | 卡塔尔 (kǎtǎ’ěr) | Doha | 多哈 (duōhā) |
Saudi Arabia | 沙特阿拉伯 (shātèālābó) | Riyadh | 利雅得 (lìyǎdé) |
Singapore | 新加坡 (xīnjiāpō) | Singapore | 新加坡 (xīnjiāpō) |
South Korea | 韩国 (hánguó) | Seoul | 汉城 (hànchéng) |
Sri Lanka | 斯里兰卡 (sīlǐlánkǎ) | Colombo | 科伦坡 (kēlúnpō) |
Syria | 叙利亚 (xùlìyǎ) | Damascus | 大马士革 (dàmǎshìgé) |
Taiwan | 台湾 (táiwān) | Taipei City | 台北市 (táiběishì) |
Tajikistan | 塔吉克斯坦 (tǎjíkèsītǎn) | Dushanbe | 杜尚别 (dùshàngbié) |
Thailand | 泰国 (tàiguó) | Bangkok | 曼谷 (màngǔ) |
Timor-Leste | 东帝汶 (dōngdìwèn) | Dili | 帝力 (dìlì) |
Turkey | 土耳其 (tǔ’ěrqí) | Ankara | 安卡拉 (ānkǎlā) |
Turkmenistan | 土库曼斯坦 (tǔkùmànsītǎn) | Ashgabat | 阿什哈巴德 (āshénhǎbādé) |
United Arab Emirates | 阿拉伯联合酋长国 (ālābó liánhé qiúzhǎngguó) | Abu Dhabi | 阿布扎比 (ābùzhábǐ) |
Uzbekistan | 乌兹别克斯坦 (wūzībiékèsītǎn) | Tashkent | 塔什干 (tǎshéngàn) |
Vietnam | 越南 (yuènán) | Hanoi | 河内市 (hénèishì) |
Yemen | 也门 (yěmén) | Sana’a | 萨那 (sànà) |
DID YOU KNOW || Some characters used for the countries names in Chinese are phonetic based, but some actually have a meaning!
Check out our countries in Chinese post to learn some fascinating facts.
With Asia and Africa ticked off, now it’s time to head back west and into Europe.
Europe
Country | Hanzi & Pinyin | Capital City | Hanzi & Pinyin |
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Albania | 阿尔巴尼亚 (ā’ěrbāníyǎ) | Tirana | 地拉那 (dìlānà) |
Andorra | 安道尔 (āndàoěr) | Andorra la Vella | 安道尔城 (āndàoěrchéng) |
Austria | 奥地利 (àodìlì) | Vienna | 维也纳 (wéiyěnà) |
Belarus | 白俄罗斯 (bái’èluósī) | Minsk | 明斯克 (míngsīkè) |
Belgium | 比利时 (bǐlìshí) | Brussels | 布鲁塞尔 (bùlǔsài’ěr) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 波斯尼亚 黑塞哥维那 (bōsīníyǎ hēisāigēwéinà) | Sarajevo | 萨拉热窝 (sàlārèwō) |
Bulgaria | 保加利亚 (bǎojiālìyǎ) | Sofia | 苏菲亚 (sūfēiyà) |
Croatia | 克罗地亚 (kèluódìyà) | Zagreb | 萨格勒布 (sàgélèbù) |
Czechia | 捷克共和国 (jiékè gònghéguó) | Prague | 布拉格 (bùlāgé) |
Denmark | 丹麦 (dānmài) | Copenhagen | 哥本哈根 (gēběnhāgēn) |
Estonia | 爱沙尼亚 (àishāníyǎ) | Tallinn | 塔林 (tǎlín) |
Finland | 芬兰 (fēnlán) | Helsinki | 赫尔辛基 (hè’ěrxīnjī) |
France | 法国 (fàguó) | Paris | 巴黎 (bālí) |
Germany | 德国 (déguó) | Berlin | 柏林 (bólín) |
Greece | 希腊 (xīlà) | Athens | 雅典 (yǎdiǎn) |
Hungary | 匈牙利 (xiōngyálì) | Budapest | 布达佩斯 (bùdápèisī) |
Iceland | 冰岛 (bīngdǎo) | Reykjavik | 雷克雅未克 (léikèyǎwèikè) |
Ireland | 爱尔兰 (ài’ěrlán) | Dublin | 都柏林 (dūbólín) |
Italy | 意大利 (yìdàlì) | Rome | 罗马 (luómǎ) |
Latvia | 拉脱维亚 (lātuōwéiyǎ) | Riga | 里加 (lǐjiā) |
Liechtenstein | 列支敦士登 (lièzhīdūnshìdēng) | Vaduz | 瓦杜兹 (wǎdùzī) |
Lithuania | 立陶宛 (lìtáowǎn) | Vilnius | 维尔纽斯 (wéi’ěrniǔsī) |
Luxembourg | 卢森堡 (lúsēnbǎo) | Luxembourg | 卢森堡 (lúsēnbǎo) |
Malta | 马耳他 (mǎ’ěrtā) | Valletta | 瓦莱塔 (wǎláitǎ) |
Moldova | 摩尔多瓦 (mó’ěrduōwǎ) | Chisinau | 基希讷乌 (jīxīnèwū) |
Monaco | 摩纳哥 (mónàgē) | Monaco | 摩纳哥 (mónàgē) |
Montenegro | 黑山 (hēishān) | Podgorica | 波德戈里察 (bōdégēlǐchá) |
Netherlands | 荷兰 (hélán) | Amsterdam | 阿姆斯特丹 (āmǔsītèdān) |
North Macedonia | 北马其顿 (běimǎqídùn) | Skopje | 斯科普里 (sīkēpǔlǐ) |
Norway | 挪威 (nuówēi) | Oslo | 奥斯陆 (àosīlù) |
Poland | 波兰 (bōlán) | Warsaw | 华沙 (huáshā) |
Portugal | 葡萄牙 (pútáoyá) | Lisbon | 里斯本 (lǐsīběn) |
Romania | 罗马尼亚 (luómǎníyǎ) | Bucharest | 布加勒斯特 (bùjiālèsītè) |
Russia | 俄罗斯 (èluósī) | Moscow | 莫斯科 (mòsīkē) |
San Marino | 圣马力诺 (shèngmǎlìnuò) | San Marino | 圣马力诺 (shèngmǎlìnuò) |
Serbia | 塞尔维亚 (sài’ěrwéiyǎ) | Belgrade | 贝尔格莱德 (bèi’ěrgéláidé) |
Slovakia | 斯洛伐克 (sīluòfákè) | Bratislava | 布拉迪斯拉发 (bùlādísīlāfā) |
Slovenia | 斯洛文尼亚 (sīluòwénníyǎ) | Ljubljana | 卢布尔雅那 (lúbùěryǎnà) |
Spain | 西班牙 (xībānyá) | Madrid | 马德里 (mǎdélǐ) |
Sweden | 瑞典 (ruìdiǎn) | Stockholm | 斯德哥尔摩 (sīdégē’ěrmó) |
Switzerland | 瑞士 (ruìshì) | Bern | 伯尔尼 (bó’ěrní) |
Ukraine | 乌克兰 (wūkèlán) | Kiev | 基辅 (jīfǔ) |
United Kingdom | 英国 (yīngguó) | London | 伦敦 (lúndūn) |
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North America
Further west we head now as we venture to North America.
Are you from North America? Tell us in the comments below your home country in Chinese.
Country | Hanzi & Pinyin | Capital City | Hanzi & Pinyin |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 安提瓜和巴布达 (āntíguā hé bābùdá) | Saint John’s | 圣约翰斯 (shèngyuēhànsī) |
Bahamas | 巴哈马 (bāhāmǎ) | Nassau | 拿骚 (násāo) |
Barbados | 巴巴多斯 (bābāduōsī) | Bridgetown | 布里奇顿 (bùlǐqídùn) |
Belize | 伯利兹 (bólìzī) | Belmopan | 贝尔莫潘 (bèi’ěrmòpān) |
Canada | 加拿大 (jiānádà) | Ottawa | 渥太华 (wòtàihuá) |
Costa Rica | 哥斯达黎加 (gēsīdálíjiā) | San José | 圣荷西 (shènghéxī) |
Cuba | 古巴 (gǔbā) | Havana | 哈瓦那 (hāwǎnà) |
Denmark (Greenland) | 格陵兰岛 (gélínglándǎo) | Nuuk | 努克 (nǔkè) |
Dominica | 多米尼克 (duōmǐníkè) | Roseau | 罗索 (luōsuǒ) |
Dominican Republic | 多米尼加共和国 (duōmǐníjiā gònghéguó) | Santo Domingo | 圣多明戈 (shèngduōmínggē) |
El Salvador | 萨尔瓦多 (sà’ěrwǎduō) | San Salvador | 圣萨尔瓦多 (shèngsà’ěrwǎduō) |
Grenada | 格林纳达 (gélínnàdá) | St. George’s | 圣乔治 (shèngqiáozhì) |
Guatemala | 危地马拉 (wēidìmǎlā) | Guatemala City | 危地马拉城 (wēidìmǎlāchéng) |
Haiti | 海地 (hǎidì) | Port-au-Prince | 太子港 (tàizǐgǎng) |
Honduras | 洪都拉斯 (hóngdūlāsī) | Tegucigalpa | 特古西加尔巴 (tègǔxījiā’ěrbā) |
Jamaica | 牙买加 (yámǎijiā) | Kingston | 金斯敦 (jīnsīdūn) |
Mexico | 墨西哥 (mòxīgē) | Mexico City | 墨西哥城 (mòxīgēchéng) |
Nicaragua | 尼加拉瓜 (níjiālāguā) | Managua | 马纳瓜 (mǎnàguā) |
Panama | 巴拿马 (bānámǎ) | Panama City | 巴拿马城 (bānámǎchéng) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 圣基茨和尼维斯 (shèngjīcíhéníwéisī) | Basseterre | 巴斯特尔 (bāsītèěr) |
Saint Lucia | 圣卢西亚 (shènglúxīyǎ) | Castries | 卡斯特里 (kǎsītèlǐ) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 圣文森及格瑞那丁 (shèngwénsēnjígéruìnàdīng) | Kingstown | 金石城 (jīnshíchéng) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 特立尼达和多巴哥 (tèlìnídáhéduōbāgē) | Port of Spain | 西班牙港 (xībānyágǎng) |
United States | 美国 (měiguó) | Washington D.C. | 华盛顿哥伦比亚特区 (huáshèngdùn gēlúnbǐyǎ tèqū) |
BONUS || If you are from the United States, why not go one step further and find out how to say your state name in Mandarin too…
We covered all the states and even created some lovely flashcards for you to download so you can learn the 50 US states in Chinese too.
We also covered the states of Australia too – who says we don’t look after our readers!
Oceania
Speaking of Australia…
Country | Hanzi & Pinyin | Capital City | Hanzi & Pinyin |
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Australia | 澳大利亚 (àodàlìyǎ) | Canberra | 堪培拉 (kānpéilā) |
Fiji | 斐济 (fěijì) | Suva | 苏瓦 (sūwǎ) |
Kiribati | 基里巴斯 (jīlǐbāsī) | Tarawa | 南塔拉瓦 (nántǎlāwǎ) |
Marshall Islands | 马绍尔群岛 (mǎshào’ěrqúndǎo) | Majuro | 马朱罗 (mǎzhūluō) |
Micronesia | 密克罗尼西亚联邦 (mìkèluóníxīyǎliánbāng) | Palikir | 帕利基尔 (pàlìjīěr) |
Nauru | 瑙鲁 (nǎolǔ) | Yaren | 亚伦 (yǎlún) |
New Zealand | 新西兰 (xīnxīlán) | Wellington | 惠灵顿 (huìlíngdùn) |
Palau | 帛琉 (bóliú) | Ngerulmud | 恩吉鲁穆德 (ēnjílǔmùdé) |
Papua New Guinea | 巴布亚新几内亚 (bābùyǎxīnjǐnèiyǎ) | Port Moresby | 莫尔兹比港 (mòěrzībǐgǎng) |
Samoa | 萨摩亚 (sàmóyǎ) | Apia | 阿皮亚 (āpíyà) |
Solomon Islands | 所罗门群岛 (suǒluóménqúndǎo) | Honiara | 霍尼亚拉 (huòníyǎlā) |
Tonga | 汤加 (tāngjiā) | Nukuʻalofa | 努库阿洛法 (nǔkùāluòfǎ) |
Tuvalu | 图瓦卢 (túwǎlú) | Funafuti | 富纳富提 (fùnàfùtí) |
Vanuatu | 瓦努阿图 (wǎnǔ’ātú) | Port Vila | 维拉港 (wéilāgǎng) |
Australia and other oceanic nations are known for having beautiful beaches and coastlines, but did you also know that the beaches in China are also quite gorgeous?
Check out our Beaches in China post for an in-depth guide!
BONUS || You can even study on the beach with us in Beihai – it’s a gem that even native Chinese don’t know about!
Whilst everyone flocks to Sanya, we are chilling with a cocktail in Beihai!
South America
Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in South America, but did you know that both Spanish and Chinese have a number of similarities?
Country | Hanzi & Pinyin | Capital City | Hanzi & Pinyin |
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Argentina | 阿根廷 (āgēntíng) | Buenos Aires | 布宜诺斯艾利斯 (bùyínuòsīàilìsī) |
Bolivia | 玻利维亚 (bōlìwéiyǎ) | La Paz, Sucre | 拉巴斯、苏克雷 (lābāsī, sūkèléi) |
Brazil | 巴西 (bāxī) | Brasilia | 巴西利亚 (bāxīlìyǎ) |
Chile | 智利 (zhìlì) | Santiago | 圣地亚哥 (shèngdìyàgē) |
Columbia | 哥伦比亚 (gēlúnbǐyǎ) | Bogotá | 波哥大 (bōgēdà) |
Ecuador | 厄瓜多尔 (èguāduō’ěr) | Quito | 基多 (jīduō) |
French Guiana | 法属圭亚那 (fàzhǔguīyǎnà) | Cayenne | 卡宴 (kǎyàn) |
Guyana | 圭亚那 (guīyǎnà) | Georgetown | 乔治敦 (qiáozhìduī) |
Paraguay | 巴拉圭 (bālāguī) | Asunción | 亚松森 (yǎsōngsēn) |
Peru | 秘鲁 (bìlǔ) | Lima | 利马 (lìmǎ) |
Suriname | 苏里南 (sūlǐnán) | Paramaribo | 帕拉马里博 (pàlāmǎlǐbó) |
Uruguay | 乌拉圭 (wūlāguī) | Montevideo | 蒙得维的亚 (méngdéwéideyà) |
Venezuela | 委内瑞拉 (wěinèiruìlā) | Caracas | 加拉加斯 (jiālājiāsī) |
Many of us know the South American dumplings as the delicious empanadas, but what do you know about the Shanghai dumpling?
Check out our post about Shanghai dumplings for tasty facts!
So there we have it – 195 countries and capital cities in Mandarin Chinese.
How many did you know? We hope you learnt plenty of new stuff today.
Drop us a comment below with your country and hometown in Mandarin if you know it!
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Countries in Chinese || FAQs
What is the capital of China?
Beijing 北京 (běijīng)
How do you say London in Chinese?
伦敦 (lúndūn)
What is Amsterdam in Chinese?
阿姆斯特丹 (āmǔsītèdān).
What is Rome in Chinese?
罗马 (luómǎ).
What is Ottawa in Chinese?
渥太华 (wòtàihuá).
What is Moscow in Chinese?
莫斯科 (mòsīkē).
What is the capital of the US in Chinese?
Washington, which is 华盛顿特区 (huáshèngdùn tèqū) in Chinese.
Which country in Africa has 2 capitals?
Eswatini 斯威士兰 – the capitals are Lobamba 洛班巴 and Mbabane 墨巴本.
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