English Sentence:

In the centre of Beijing is the "Forbidden City".

Chinese Translation (Traditional):

位於北京市中心的就是「紫禁城」。

Chinese Translation (Simplified):

位于北京市中心的就是「紫禁城」。

Pinyin:

wei4 yu2 bei3 jing1 shi4 zhong1 xin1 de5 jiu4 shi4「zi3 jin4 cheng2」.

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位於   位于

wèi yú

to be situated at, to be located at

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北京   北京

běi jīng

Beijing, Peking (capital of Mainland China)

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市中心
市中心

shì zhōng xīn

city centre, downtown, town centre

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de

1. of (possessive particle) 2. (adjectival ending) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used to form a nominal expression)

Here: (adjectival ending)

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就是   就是

jiù shì

1. precisely, exactly 2. or ...

Here: precisely, exactly

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紫禁城
紫禁城

zǐ jìn chéng

the Forbidden City

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