Peking

English

Etymology

From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin Chinese 北京, itself derived from French Pékin, a transcription based on the Nanjing-dialect pronunciation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːˈkɪŋ/, /peɪ.ˈkɪŋ/ or (rarely) like Beijing
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ
• Hyphenation: Pe‧king

Proper noun

Peking

1. (dated) Former spelling of Beijing.
   • December 2010, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, World Wide Publications, →ISBN, page 45:

     Back at Tsingkiangpu the Bells had a taste of the unsettled state of China in the years when warlords ruled provinces on behalf of the government in Peking but were virtually independent autocrats clinging to power until toppled by another.

Usage notes

Although more common in English as late as the 1980s, the Postal Map romanization Peking is now less common than pinyin Beijing in standard English and, although not obsolete, can feel dated or even historical.

The adjectival form Pekingese remains more common than recent updates such as Beijingese and Beijinger.

Related terms

• Pekingese

Translations

Beijing — see Beijing

Adjective

Peking (not comparable)

1. Of or related to Beijing

Derived terms

• Peking duck
• Peking opera

Anagrams

• keping

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Czech

Proper noun

Peking m

1. Beijing, Peking

Derived terms

• Pekiňan
• pekingský

Further reading

• Peking in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Peking in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːkɪŋ/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Peking n

1. Peking

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• Beijing

Proper noun

Peking

1. Peking

Declension

Inflection of Peking (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Peking	—
genitive		Pekingin	—
partitive		Pekingiä	—
illative		Pekingiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Peking	—
accusative	nom.	Peking	—
	gen.	Pekingin
genitive		Pekingin	—
partitive		Pekingiä	—
inessive		Pekingissä	—
elative		Pekingistä	—
illative		Pekingiin	—
adessive		Pekingillä	—
ablative		Pekingiltä	—
allative		Pekingille	—
essive		Pekinginä	—
translative		Pekingiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Pekingittä	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

• Pekingin ankka
• Pekingin ooppera

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German

Proper noun

Peking n (genitive Pekings)

1. Peking

Synonyms

• Beijing

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛkiŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: Pe‧king

Proper noun

Peking

1. Beijing

Synonyms

• Beijing

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Peking

1. Peking

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pěkinɡ/
• Hyphenation: Pe‧king

Proper noun

Pèking m (Cyrillic spelling Пѐкинг)

1. Beijing

Declension

Declension of Peking

	singular
nominative	Peking
genitive	Pekinga
dative	Pekingu
accusative	Peking
vocative	Pekinže
locative	Pekingu
instrumental	Pekingom