Beijing
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade-Giles) Pei-ching
Etymology
From Mandarin Chinese 北京 (Běijīng), composed of 北 (běi, “northern”) and 京 (jīng, “capital”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/, /ˌbeɪˈdʒɪŋ/
Audio (US, /beɪˈdʒɪŋ/): (file)
- IPA(key): /beɪˈʒɪŋ/, /ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ/ (hyperforeign)
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
Proper noun
Beijing
- The capital of the People's Republic of China.
- (metonymically) The government of the People's Republic of China.
- 2019, Ching-Tse Cheng, “Chinese spy confirms China's involvement in Taiwan 2020 election”, in Taiwan News[1]:
- Wang said that Beijing successfully backed several pro-China politicians, who won seats in the 2018 local elections. He added the CCP desperately wants to stop Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) from being re-elected.
Wang also disclosed details about CCP's plans to take over Hong Kong and Australia, reported Liberty Times.
- Wang said that Beijing successfully backed several pro-China politicians, who won seats in the 2018 local elections. He added the CCP desperately wants to stop Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) from being re-elected.
Synonyms
- Peking (dated)
- Peiping (historic), Pei-p’ing, Beiping
- Yenching (historic), Yanjing
- Chung-tu (historic, dated), Zhongdu (historic)
- Khanbalik (historic), Khanbaliq (historic, hypercorrect), Cambaluc (historic, archaic)
- Ta-tu (historic, dated), Dadu (historic)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
capital of China
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Asturian
Proper noun
Beijing ?
Finnish
Proper noun
Beijing
Declension
Inflection of Beijing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Beijing | — | |
genitive | Beijingin | — | |
partitive | Beijingiä | — | |
illative | Beijingiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Beijing | — | |
accusative | nom. | Beijing | — |
gen. | Beijingin | ||
genitive | Beijingin | — | |
partitive | Beijingiä | — | |
inessive | Beijingissä | — | |
elative | Beijingistä | — | |
illative | Beijingiin | — | |
adessive | Beijingillä | — | |
ablative | Beijingiltä | — | |
allative | Beijingille | — | |
essive | Beijinginä | — | |
translative | Beijingiksi | — | |
abessive | Beijingittä | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Beijing n
Declension
declension of Beijing (singular only)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) Beijing | Beijingul |
genitive/dative | (unui) Beijing | Beijingului |
vocative | Beijingule |
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