| 北海公园 |
Běi hǎi Gōng yuán |
Beihai Park, in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City |
| 北 |
běi |
north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 北海 |
Běi Hǎi |
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 贝加尔湖, Russia |
| 北海 |
Běi hǎi |
see 北海公园 / see 北海市 |
| 海 |
Hǎi |
surname Hai |
| 海 |
hǎi |
ocean / sea / CL:个,片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 公园 |
gōng yuán |
park (for public recreation) / CL:座 |
| 园 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan |
| 园 |
yuán |
land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc |