A very large port city in northern China, on the coast about 130 kilometres southeast of Beijing — close enough that a high-speed train runs between the two in around half an hour. It is one of China's four cities that are governed directly by the central government rather than by a province (the others are Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing), which makes it roughly a province in its own right.

A very large port city in northern China一個位在中國北方的大港口城市，on the coast about 130 kilometres southeast of Beijing位在海邊，在北京東南方大約130公里處——close enough that a high-speed train runs between the two in around half an hour近到搭高鐵大約半小時就能往返兩地。It is one of China's four cities that are governed directly by the central government rather than by a province它是中國四個由中央政府直接管轄、而不是由省管轄的城市之一 (the others are Beijing, Shanghai, and Chongqing)另外三個是北京、上海和重慶，which makes it roughly a province in its own right這讓它某種意義上等於自己就是一個省。

It is a major industrial and shipping centre: steel, cars, chemicals, and one of the busiest ports in the country. Historically it was where foreign powers had concession areas in the 1800s and early 1900s, so parts of the old city still have European-style streets and buildings.

It is a major industrial and shipping centre它是重要的工業和航運中心：steel鋼鐵、cars汽車、chemicals化學品，and one of the busiest ports in the country以及全國最繁忙的港口之一。Historically歷史上，it was where foreign powers had concession areas in the 1800s and early 1900s這裡曾是外國勢力在1800年代和1900年代初設立租界的地方，so parts of the old city still have European-style streets and buildings所以老城區有些地方至今還留著歐式的街道和建築。

Being a place name, it always takes a capital letter and no "the". In older English books and maps you will see the spelling "Tientsin", from the earlier romanisation system — same city.

Being a place name因為是地名，it always takes a capital letter and no "the"這個字永遠大寫開頭，而且前面不加"the"。In older English books and maps在比較舊的英文書籍和地圖裡，you will see the spelling "Tientsin"你會看到"Tientsin"這個拼法，from the earlier romanisation system那是來自早期的拼音系統——same city指的是同一個城市。