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

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.

Translations

Adjective

Peking (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to Beijing

Derived terms

References

  1. Peking” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. Peking” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
  3. Peking” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

Anagrams


Czech

Proper noun

Peking m

  1. Beijing, Peking

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːkɪŋ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Peking n

  1. Peking

Finnish

Alternative forms

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


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeːkɪŋ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Peking n (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

Derived terms

  • Pekingente

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Peking

  1. Beijing

Synonyms


Interlingua

Proper noun

Peking

  1. Peking

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pèking m (Cyrillic spelling Пѐкинг)

  1. Beijing

Declension

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