Tha name of this capital of China's Jiangtsu Province means "southern capital"
Opposite Beijing in the 
North, its name literally means Southern Capital in Chinese,... [DOC] [TLE] Chinese Place Name Meanings - Washburn University [PAR] Most Chinese place names are actually quite easy to understand - and thus ... 
descriptions, meaning things like "Northern Capital" (Beijing) or "South of the 
Lakes" (Hunan).