Type Settlement Usage Chinese, English, Korean Scripts 北京(Chinese) 베이징(Korean Hangul) Pronounced Pron. PAY-CHEENG(Chinese) bay-JING(English) bay-ZHING(English) PEH-EE-JEENG(Korean) Meaning & History From Chinese 北 (běi) meaning "north" and 京 (jīng) meaning "capital city". This is the name of the capital of China.