"医生是北京人。"

Translation: The doctor is from Beijing.

[Dave2022]

So I've looked it up and you can call someone from Beijing three things: a Beijinger, Beijingese, and Pekingese. Would you not be able to replace "from Beijing" with Beijingese or Pekingese? (Beijinger cannot be used as an adjective and mostly refers to foreigners)

[phszombie]

You may want to steer clear of calling someone a Pekinese. More often than not, that is used to refer to a breed of dog.

[Neil548112]

Pekingese in insult word to call a person. Beijingese and Beijinger is accepted as English words. BUT from Beijing is not Beijinger. in China, a Beijinger means he/she has Beijing hukou (北京户口）

[Helenzie]

Thank you for this comment. I did not really know about the hukou system, that is very interesting

[Leungh16]

no

[laura_a101]

I got it wrong for not including "The"

[sekyeong]

Same here!!

[bhumika298645]

Same

[lusefboi]

i got it right without "The"

[the1best]

Me too, but we don't need "The"

[Neil548112]

No. You do need THE. in the sentence, physician is a specified person, so it need have THE in front.

[Ilya606881]

Yet, "Teacher is not home" (老师不在家) doesnt require "The"

[ALLintolearning3]

Only if you are using teacher as the person's name or title, but that is only done in English when speaking directly to the teacher. When talking about someone, we do use "the". So, if there is an exercise like that, then that one has the error.

[sakurakrys]

Then shouldn't you me thin which doctor? Like my doctor or that doctor? Literally translated there is no "the".

[ALLintolearning3]

"The" does not translate into Chinese, so when translating back into English we must add it or "a" where appropriate in English.

[kailinwang]

"医生是北京人。" I'm Chinese and when I translated it in my head in English it's "The doctor is a Beijing person" not "The doctor is from Beijing." ... It's incorrect...

[Magarthryx]

Thank you, the comment, the internet, and native speakers tell me the same thing

[muy.loca]

Honestly, glad i have been amongst mandarin-speaking SE Asians; i too able to identify this

[GaryLBulthouse]

I'm not a native speaker, but I identified and answered it as: The doctor is a Beijing Person. got marked wrong and reported it.

[RamenDutchman]

To be fair, "Beijing person" is incorrect English. You would say Beijingese instead.

[GaryLBulthouse]

Well I also got it wrong when I used a very correct English "Pekingese".

[RickVIBA]

How can I say that someone is from somewhere?

[Zachary541614]

Haha! That’s what I translated it to. (I’m English) I didn’t know Duolingo wanted me to translate it to “from Beijing”.

[KandiceZimbleman]

I usually translate this as Pekingese. People still say Cantonese, or Taiwanese. Beijing-hua or Pekingese is one of my favorite dialects with a lot of variations in it even within different age groups, and I happen to enjoy free style rap in Pekingese. It's not WRONG to use this word, it's technically correct. Why does Cantonese things still get to be called Canto everything? This kind of discrimination against the Northerners is rooted in politics.

And being dismissive of established language as just "well it's a dog breed" is really low. Just because Chinese are sensitive to the word "dog" doesn't mean the correct use of the word Pekingese is incorrect. Even CCTV still refers to Jing Ju as Pekingese Opera, because that's correct, and has nothing to do with dogs.

Words have meanings, and Pekingese specifically means Beijing related. I am NOT wrong to use this term, I am correct. It's also not derogatory, nor offensive. Beijing is one of my favorite cities in China, and I was also there during the 2008 Olympics, as well as in Guangzhou (AKA "Canton") at the Canton Fair (business expo).

[RamenDutchman]

Okay now I'm imaging a dog opera and cracking up, thank you for that!

[jordanahh]

"The" can be deleted!

[Adog358269]

I agree "the" was not specified. I am a beginner... can someone please explain to me otherwise?

[ALLintolearning3]

No, there are no definite or indefinite articles in Chinese, so we have to add them in where English requires them and you would use an article here in English.

[Feduoh]

The Doctor is Pekinese? i know pekinese is just and outlander speech but historically have been used and acepted.

[the1best]

Pekinese is a dog breed, not suitable

[jordanahh]

No, the southern Chinese language is similar to “Peking”(北京) like Cantonese. The old name of “Beijing” is “Peking” because the outsiders always went to Hong Kong, Macau and the Southern Cities.

[Neil548112]

Beijing in history used to be called Peking, not pekin. so, native people from Beijing, should be Beijinger or Pekingese. However, Pekingese is also a kind of dog name. In China, if someone call a person as dog, it is a insult。 "The doctor is from Beijing" really means “那个博士来自北京”， it does not mean he be a Beijinger. So correctest translation is "the physician is a Beijinger".

[ph516503]

I think it's similar to calling a Scottish person "scotch"... Pekinese is a dog, Scotch is a drink.

[Steve657999]

Does "from beijing / 是北京人" imply currently from or originally from? And how do you ask to make that qualification?

[GAMERONBAY]

During pronounciation phase they should really put the meaning with the words too. Its really get frustrating trying to learn something without assigning any meaning to it. And when its meaning is shown it gets hard for me to pronounce it even though I can know it, simply cause it is meaningless

[TvrtkoBalio]

Fun side note, Beijing translates to "Northern Capital".

[JeanneMPN]

And before it became the Northern Capital in the Ming Dynasty, it was Dadu during the Yuan Dynasty (and perhaps pre-dating the Yuan Dynasty). The third Ming emperor moved the capital from Nanjing to Dadu and renamed the city to reflect it's new status

[the1best]

that doesn't even fit here

[tontonzark]

医生是北京人 it would be righter to translate : The doctor is a Pekingese

[Dstepl1]

Since I can't ask on a card match question: Does anyone else think it would be more helpful to not learn "bei" and "jing" separately? In every lesson so far, two-character words have been taught one character at a time. I don't think it's helpful to learn the words "north" and "capital" when the lesson doesn't talk about them, but does talk about the "Northern Capital". This is just an example- it did the same thing with New York (handle pact), London (feudal honesty), and Hong Kong (fragrant harbor), giving us the individual characters with no indication they were parts of names.

[Magarthryx]

The entire location section taught us that this means you are a person of a given place.

You are American
你是美国人

And i tried on all of those lessons to using the word from.

People in this lesson, hoogle and the native speakers who i practice with also say....

你来自美国

Duolingo....

[GaryLBulthouse]

"The doctor is Pekinese." doesnt work, although "The doctor is from Peking" does work...

[Risalan]

i accidentally put a comma at the end and got it wrong

[hippyhomey]

Dr. Is same as doctor, just abbreviated

[ALLintolearning3]

The abbreviation is only used with a last name.

[Pierfrancesco98]

When is the verb 是 necessary?

[ytide]

"Native of Beijing (born/raised)" or "A Beijing resident (living now)"?

In other words, can a "北京人" be "from" another place? (Ex. "Mr ABC is a 北京人 from Mongolia"--?)

[Lorenzo226420]

The cuestion is bugged. I haved tiped the right anwer and it miss corrected....I have lost the lives and 40xp :(((

[Brettah31]

Beijinger should totally be accepted. The grammatical format in Chinese calls for the use of a demonym in English. I reckon Beijinger sounds the smoothest.

[the1best]

Not me

[Falafelc]

When I read this, I see The doctor is a Beijing individual. No where in this sentence indicate 来自

[ethereal_dream]

So far in Duo's usage it seems implied that "place + 人" = someone from that place

[sophia.ellen1]

I believer "Beijinger" should be accepted.

[Wadenobise1]

Whats the correction for the doctor is from beijing

[DeiXu]

Capitalization of Beijing, perhaps?

[yfscnaa._]

I think "医生是从北京" works best.

[lalacasual]

Could't you also write 医生从北京来？

[AshleyGrah736155]

This definitely says The doctor is from Beijing... what's up Duolingo?

[laurence846848]

It can be without the , ist it important to put it?

[ALLintolearning3]

No, it is not correct without it.

[deactivated user]

He is Beijing, people

[hihihiHAHAHAA]

Can't you say doc?

[ALLintolearning3]

No

[Tomohiro781266]

I didn't put "The" and it said it's wrong.
Is it wrong?

[ALLintolearning3]

Yes

[AyoubSolo1]

Why 是 not 在

[nar781477]

Zai means in. Shi means is. So you would be saying "the doctor is in Beijing or the doctor is in Beijing person. Doesn't make sense.

[AngelieCal2]

I said Doctor is from Beijing and it said I was wrong

[GregoryDon7]

In this example, I hear the male voice pronouncing the r in ren2 - I thought that was not a pronunciation one hears...Am I wrong or just hearing him wrong? The female voice on this page says it more like a y.

[Nathan488700]

I just tried 'the doctor is Pekingese' and got an error message, which is totally unfair. I hope 他是紐約人 as 'he's a New-Yorker is at least allowed'.

[nar781477]

So if I say: "yi sheng mei ren" (医生美人), does that still make sense and mean "The doctor is from America"? Or does it actually mean "The doctor is American person"? Is it seen as the same thing?? I dunno if they will expand on it later but this is just a little confusing why they don't use 国 in this situation.

[LangPhile]

北京 is not a COUNTRY. American (the US) is. 美国 is the US.
英国 is the UK or England.法国 is France. These words are made by using the first sound of the country name and adding the word for country 国 to them.

[nar781477]

You're right I was being bad at geography; it's very simple now. Thnx for the reply.

[Sam104602]

I put doctor is from Beijing like whattttt? :(

[SyedRashid6]

Doctor us from beijing ..just didn't put a the and its wrong

[Haidee977381]

I said "the doctor is from Beijing" but was marked incorrect and it said it should be "the doctor lives in Beijing". I'm confused, isn't that essentially the same?

[GryTea]

"The doctor is from Beijing." is the correct one. The two aren't the same. It's possible the doctor is from Beijing but is temporarily living in the US.

[eronfmedeiros]

Can someone explain why "人" sounds like "元" (in "百元") in this sentence?
Like "gun". Idk how to exemplify that sound.

[culturacinese]

I did not put 'the' and it did not accept it! It did accept it for other answers though but for this one it didn't!

[Deceptiquan]

So not putting "the" is incorrect but yet we know the doctor is person and we need to out "ren" at the end of the sentence?

[Adavirus]

It didn’t specify which doctor it is, so I once thought that (as a native speaker) all doctors are from Beijing. Adding 这位 (this) before the doctor should be better.

[toucana1]

The literal meaning of the Chinese phrase is "The doctor is a Beijing man" but this was marked as wrong by Duolingo, which is insists on using the word 'from' - even though no such preposition is present in the original Chinese.

[ALLintolearning3]

Literally, it is "person" rather than "man". We do not know the gender of this person.

[Ant289356]

Where does "from" come from in the sentence. It should translate. "The doctor is Bejing.)

[ALLintolearning3]

No the doctor is not a city.

[fred91883]

It is not obvious when to use shi, to be, or not...

[Grandbear2]

Does "ren" need to be at the end of this sentence?

[ALLintolearning3]

Yes, it needs to be right after the city name.

[VinciusdeS1]

What? No Pequim?

[HarryTomki2]

Dr isn't accepted instead of Doctor, any reason why?

[GaryLBulthouse]

because it's spelled Dr.

[ALLintolearning3]

...which is only used with a last name.

[StormSith]

The dictionary hovers are a bit weird. At first, I was kind of confused with this sentence and when I hovered over the Mandarin it simply had "Doctor's is Beijing people" which is kind of confusing and can confuse people for thinking that his customers are Beijingers, which like me, and others, I'm sure. Can be confusing...

[threethree7]

so 人 mean from ??

[GryTea]

人 means "person, human." The sentence actually means "The/A doctor(s) is/are (a) Beijing-ese."

[JosevienaLo]

LOL is this just some sh-

[JosevienaLo]

LOL DUOLINGO THAT IS SO FUNNY HAHA I AM LAUGHING HAHAHAHA

[JosevienaLo]

LOL WHAT

[Kate112197]

The doctor is a Beijing citizen/The doctor is a citizen from Beijing.

Why are neither of these accepted as being correct too?

[VictorAyo]

I said "The doctor is a native of beijing" when i font know

[sunny175095_]

What's the difference in she and zai? Doesn't these all mean is??

[GryTea]

"is" has several meanings, and 是 and 在 are usually mapped to different ones.

在 means "exist, located, at," which is similar to the "am" in "I think, therefore I am." Note that the "at" sense isn't limited to cases for places - it can be used for time and action, too.

Ex. 1. 我思故我在。 I think, therefore I am.

Ex. 2. 我在学校。 I am at the school. (Note that "am" isn't translated into Chinese in this example. See Example 2 for 是 below for more details.)

Ex. 3. 我在未来。 I am in the future. (Note that "am" isn't translated into Chinese in this example. See Example 3 for 是 below for more details. 在, though vaguer than "in," is used to indicate the relationship between "I" and the temporal location, "future.")

Ex. 4. 我在吃。 I am eating. (Note that "am" isn't translated into Chinese in this example. See Example 4 for 是 below for more details. 在 is used to indicate the "-ing" for eating - "in" the process of eating.)

是 indicates affirmation (yes), belonging, fact, existence..., which is similar to the "am" in "I am a student."

Ex. 1. 我是学生。 I am a student.

Ex. 2. 我是在学校。 I am at the school. (是 is used to emphasize the statement.)

Ex. 3. 我是在未来。 I am in the future. (是 is used to emphasize the statement.)

Ex. 4. 我是在吃。 I am eating. (是 is used to emphasize the statement.)

Ex. 5. 我是喜欢纸。 I do like paper. (Note that 是 is mapped to "do" in this case, but it's still emphasizing the statement.)

[Oisin576912]

"Beijing native" is incorrect? Um.. the literal translation is "Beijing person" this is annoying esp for us free users.

[GryTea]

北京人 isn't necessarily a Beijing native, though. Someone who moved to Beijing can be 北京人, too.

[Yamila646336]

My answer is good but i lost a heart

[ph.eyvxor]

the doctor is from beijing...same ans i also write

[tharu_ds]

My answer and provided answer are same but it's get as wrong, what's the meaning of that

[MarkETucke]

I wrote: The doctor comes from Beijing. I was marked wrong, but it's the same thing.

[ALLintolearning3]

That adds a nuance that is not in the original. When you say you come from a place, then you are usually not in that place, but you can use this sentence even if you are in Beijing.

[AndreWinde1]

But what does bei and jing actually mean?

[ZenDrah]

The literal translation would be
"The doctor is Beijing"
But why cant we use the word 在 to say they're from Beijing?

[allison.hu2]

No, The literal one is 'the doctor is beijingese'.
医生在北京 means 医生physically located in beijing, but he/she can be Shanghainese.
From can be translated as 来自，从...来。

[Renee672318]

I wrote Doctor is from Beijing and it was marked wrong

[ALLintolearning3]

Doctor without "the" is used as a name, but we would include his or her last name when talking about him or her. We would include "the". and it is wrong with it.

[KimiRayMul]

I,m super duper comfused becase idk how

[Bryan917314]

This is totally wrong. Not sure what you saw but this wasn't right

[PetrGoncha1]

Teacher without "the" - ok.
Doctor without "the" - no.

[Deceptiquan]

There's only one doctor in this sentence so is "the" necessary?

[ALLintolearning3]

In English yes, "the" does not tell you how many people there are, it tells you that this is someone specific that we may have been talking about.

[lusefboi]

amogus

[cywQmiu7]

The doctor's from Beijing ?

[ALLintolearning3]

No, Duolingo confuses the 's after a noun with the possessive form. So spell out "is".

[JimHeatley]

I have the right answer but the programme won't let me continue.

[AdrianasLantern]

How is the sentence "The Doctor is from Beijing"? I do not see the word/character "from" in this sentance.

[Chronomatex]

Would you be able to use "cóng Beijing" if you were asking a question?

[deactivated user]

I think you probably could. The word "ren" refers to person and in this case means a person who is from beijing, however cong is the same thing.

[DjClements1]

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[DjClements1]

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[paychogirl]

Your awesome

[GaryLBulthouse]

My awesome what?
MY AWESOME WHAT!!! what is my thing that is awesome?

[WillemVanW4]

I wonder if 'The doctor comes from Beijing' is also acceptable.

[SpencerGat]

That's what I wrote, but it was considered wrong. Not sure why.

[Siwang35476]

Your sentence is not as precise a translation to the Chinese one. By adding the word "comes" you are emphasizing a slightly different idea than the Chinese sentence is conveying, as well as expanding the possible contexts in which it could be used (I take "he is a Beijinger" to mean something like he lives in or was born in Beijing - but "coming from" is a different notion).

[the1best]

maybe

[COLOMBIALu]

the Dr is Pekingese

[ALLintolearning3]

Dr. is an abbreviation used with a last name.

[COLOMBIALu]

the Doctor is a Peking person
the Doctor comes from Peking
should be accepted too!

[DeiXu]

I agree that "The Doctor comes from Peking" should be valid, but "The Doctor is a Peking person" perhaps not. Even if its meaning is correct and its syntax is closer to the original Chinese sentence, the "[City] person" format is not that standard.

That said, "[City] native" or possibly "[City] resident" should be accepted answers.

[Karoliina765050]

'The doctor comes from Beijing' is the same thing as 'the doctor is from Beijing'. When I say 'I come from Beijing', it means that my origin is in Beijing, not that I'm on the way from there.

[ALLintolearning3]

But you usually don't say it that way if you are in Beijing. Use "is" instead of "comes" as it is a more neutral expression.

[Julia838370]

Why is 'dr' not accepted?

[ALLintolearning3]

Dr. is an abbreviation only used with a last name.

[YoongisWif12]

ya'll so pedantic it's annoying asf

[DomonicLay]

still fine though

[stupedfatidiot]

I forgot the H in the "the" hot stuped am i now i have to buy health

[DomonicLay]

it is still fine though

[deactivated user]

Yu

[jordanahh]

Yu?

[deactivated user]

O

[deactivated user]

M

[wimgrzyj1]

uuuuuuhhhhhhh

[the1best]

That is not suitable here.

[ph516503]

It's just some kiddy being silly. Just downvote it. Enough downvotes makes it disappear to the bottom of the pile. I've downvoted you and myself, just to help it along.

[DomonicLay]

so what

[DomonicLay]

who cares