Peking

English

Etymology

From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin Chinese 北京 (Běijīng), compare Middle Chinese 北京 (MC pok kjaeng) or Cantonese 北京 (bak1 ging1), itself derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
   • 2010 December, 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

1. Beijing, Peking

Derived terms

• Pekiňan
• pekingský

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

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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	—
abessive		Pekingittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Peking (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pekingini — accusative nom. Pekingini — gen. Pekingini genitive Pekingini — partitive Pekingiäni — inessive Pekingissäni — elative Pekingistäni — illative Pekingiini — adessive Pekingilläni — ablative Pekingiltäni — allative Pekingilleni — essive Pekinginäni — translative Pekingikseni — abessive Pekingittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Pekingisi — accusative nom. Pekingisi — gen. Pekingisi genitive Pekingisi — partitive Pekingiäsi — inessive Pekingissäsi — elative Pekingistäsi — illative Pekingiisi — adessive Pekingilläsi — ablative Pekingiltäsi — allative Pekingillesi — essive Pekinginäsi — translative Pekingiksesi — abessive Pekingittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pekingimme — accusative nom. Pekingimme — gen. Pekingimme genitive Pekingimme — partitive Pekingiämme — inessive Pekingissämme — elative Pekingistämme — illative Pekingiimme — adessive Pekingillämme — ablative Pekingiltämme — allative Pekingillemme — essive Pekinginämme — translative Pekingiksemme — abessive Pekingittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Pekinginne — accusative nom. Pekinginne — gen. Pekinginne genitive Pekinginne — partitive Pekingiänne — inessive Pekingissänne — elative Pekingistänne — illative Pekingiinne — adessive Pekingillänne — ablative Pekingiltänne — allative Pekingillenne — essive Pekinginänne — translative Pekingiksenne — abessive Pekingittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Pekinginsä — accusative nom. Pekinginsä — gen. Pekinginsä genitive Pekinginsä — partitive Pekingiään Pekingiänsä — inessive Pekingissään Pekingissänsä — elative Pekingistään Pekingistänsä — illative Pekingiinsä — adessive Pekingillään Pekingillänsä — ablative Pekingiltään Pekingiltänsä — allative Pekingilleen Pekingillensä — essive Pekinginään Pekinginänsä — translative Pekingikseen Pekingiksensä — abessive Pekingittään Pekingittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• Pekingin ankka
• Pekingin ooppera

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːkɪŋ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Peking n (proper noun, strong, genitive Pekings)

1. Peking

Usage notes

• In German, Peking remains the vastly predominant form of the name in all contexts (except perhaps sinologist literature and the like).

Synonyms

• Beijing (rare)

Derived terms

• Pekingente

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peking

1. Beijing; Peking (the capital city of China)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Peking	—
accusative	Pekinget	—
dative	Pekingnek	—
instrumental	Pekinggel	—
causal-final	Pekingért	—
translative	Pekinggé	—
terminative	Pekingig	—
essive-formal	Pekingként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Pekingben	—
superessive	Pekingen	—
adessive	Pekingnél	—
illative	Pekingbe	—
sublative	Pekingre	—
allative	Pekinghez	—
elative	Pekingből	—
delative	Pekingről	—
ablative	Pekingtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Pekingé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Pekingéi	—

Possessive forms of Peking
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Pekingem	—
2nd person sing.	Pekinged	—
3rd person sing.	Pekingje	—
1st person plural	Pekingünk	—
2nd person plural	Pekingetek	—
3rd person plural	Pekingjük	—

Synonyms

• Beijing

Derived terms

• pekingi

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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