Beijing
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Beijing
- /beɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/
- /ˌbeɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/
- /beɪˈʒɪŋ/
- /ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪŋ
Where it comes from
c. 1958, borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng, romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 北京 (Běijīng, literally “northern capital”).
The name Beijing was to distinguish the city from Nanjing to the south, and first applied informally during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who preferred to rule from Beijing but was obliged to treat Nanjing as a secondary capital by the dynastic injunctions of his father the Hongwu Emperor. The name continued a practice of several preceding dynasties—especially those of nomadic conquerers from the north such as the Jin and Liao—of maintaining a number of separate capitals designated by their cardinal directions.
proper noun Peking · Pei-ching · Peiching · Pekin · Peh-king · Pachin
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A direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.
Liu Lao-zheng sidled right up to Zao-hua and said: “That’s right. I went to Beijing [Peking] to visit with my daughter. Zao-hua, I hear that you have become the workpoint recorder.”[…]
Liu Lao-zheng pulled out an abacus from a sack he was carrying over his shoulder. “Huala, huala,” he shook it sever
Similar: Beiping, Cambaluc, Chung-tu, Dadu, Khanbalik, Khanbaliq, Peiping, Pei-p’ing, Ta-tu, Yan, Yanjing, Yen-ching
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The government of the People's Republic of China.
In Beijing’s view, in the absence of an explicit treaty provision, the central line of the main channel—the Thalweg principle—provided a legal basis for delimiting the boundary in the two rivers. On this basis, Beijing claimed that 600 of the rivers’ 700 islands—including Zhenbao Island on the Ussur
Similar: Zhongnanhai
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: peiping, peking, tianjin, nanjing, taipei, qingdao, jinan, guangzhou, haikou, chengdu, taiyuan, guiyang, nanchang, zhengzhou, hohhot, hefei
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name capital city of China
| Español | Pekín, Pequín, Beijing |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 북경 Bukgyeong |
| 日本語 | 北京 Pekin, ペキン Pekin |
| 中文 | 北京 Běijīng |
| हिन्दी | बेजिंग bejiṅg, बेइजिन्ग beijing |
| Português | Pequim, Beijing |
| Français | Pékin, Beijing |
| Deutsch | Peking, Beijing |
| Italiano | Pechino |
| Ελληνικά | Πεκίνο Pekíno |
| Română | Beijing |
| Русский | Пеки́н Pekín, Бэйцзи́н Bɛjczín |
| Tiếng Việt | Bắc Kinh |
| العربية | بِكِين bikīn, پِكِين pikīn |
| עברית | בֵּייְגִ׳ינְג beijing, פֶּקִינְג peking |
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title = {Beijing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beijing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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