Pekingese

English

Alternative forms

• Pekinese

Etymology

Peking +‎ -ese; Peking is the Postal Map romanization of Beijing.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz

Proper noun

Pekingese

1. The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.

Usage notes

Although the term Pekingese can now feel dated owing to the growing use of pinyin Beijing in current English, it remains more common than its synonyms, none of which have gained wide acceptance in reference to the natives and expatriates of the city. Compare the use of Cantonese for the language and people of present-day Guangdong but Suzhounese for the dialect of the former Soochow.

Synonyms

• Beijingese

Noun

Pekingese (plural Pekingeses or Pekingese)

A Pekingese dog

1. A native or inhabitant of Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.
2. A small toy dog from China.

Synonyms

• Beijingese
• Beijinger

Translations

someone from Beijing

• Catalan: pequinès (ca) m, pequinesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北京人 (zh) (Běijīngrén)

• Esperanto: pekinano (man or woman), pekinanino (woman)
• Finnish: pekingiläinen (fi), beijingiläinen
• French: Pékinois (fr) m, Pékinoise f, Pékinais m (rare), Pékinaise f (rare)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Pekinger m, Pekingerin f
• Japanese: 北京人 (Pekin-jin)
• Portuguese: pequinês m
• Romanian: locuitor din Beijing m
• Russian: пеки́нец (ru) m (pekínec), пеки́нка (ru) m (pekínka)
• Spanish: pekinés (es) m, pekinesa f

dog

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北京狗 (Běijīng gǒu), 哈巴狗 (zh) (hǎbagǒu)

• Finnish: kiinanpalatsikoira (fi), pekingeesi (fi)
• French: pékinois (fr) m, pékinoise (fr) f
• German: Pekingese m, Pekingesin f, Pekinese m, Pekinesin f, Peking-Palasthund m, Peking-Palasthündin f, Pekingpalasthund m, Pekingpalasthündin f
• Greek: πεκινουά (el) n (pekinouá)
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• Japanese: ペキニーズ (pekinīzu)
• Korean: 페키니즈 (pekinijeu)
• Macedonian: пекине́зер m (pekinézer)
• Malay: anjing Peking, asu Peking, Peking, anjing Beijing, asu Beijing, Beijing
• Polish: pekińczyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: pequinês m
• Romanian: pechinez (ro) m
• Russian: пекине́с (ru) m (pekinɛ́s)
• Spanish: pekinés (es) m

Adjective

Pekingese

1. of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China

Synonyms

• Peking
• Beijing
• Beijingese

Translations

of or related to Beijing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北京 (zh) (Běijīng), 北京的 (Běijīngde)

• French: pékinois (fr) m, pékinais m (rare)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Pekinger, Peking-, pekingisch, pekingesisch
• Portuguese: pequinês
• Spanish: pekinés (es)