English Explanatory Dictionary

Beijing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China.
  2. The government of the People's Republic of China.

Pronunciation

/beɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/ /ˌbeɪˈd͡ʒɪŋ/ /beɪˈʒɪŋ/ /ˌbeɪˈʒɪŋ/ bā′jĭng′ en-us-Beijing.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Zazollo-Beijing.wav

Word forms

Beijing Peking Pei-ching Peiching Pekin Pachin Paquin Pequin

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Beiping Cambaluc Chung-tu Dadu Khanbalik Khanbaliq Peiping Pei-p’ing Ta-tu Yan Yanjing Yen-ching Zhongdu Zhongnanhai

Derived words

Beijing bikini Beijing duck Beijinger Beijingese Beijing opera Beijing Time

Translations

Abkhaz: Беиӡин Abkhaz: Пекин Afrikaans: Beijing Albanian: Pekin Amharic: ፔኪንግ Arabic: بِكِين Arabic: پِكِين Arabic: بِكِّين Armenian: Պեկին Assamese: বেইজিং Asturian: Pequín Azerbaijani: Pekin Bashkir: Пекин Belarusian: Пекі́н Belarusian: Бэйцзі́н Belarusian: Пэкі́н Bengali: বেইজিং Bengali: পিকিং Bulgarian: Пеки́н Burmese: ပေကျင်း Burmese: ပီကင်း Buryat: Бээжэн Carpathian Rusyn: Пекі́нґ Catalan: Pequín Chechen: Пекин Chinese Cantonese: 北京 Chinese: Быйҗин Chinese: 北京 Eastern Min Chinese: 北京 Hakka Chinese: 北京 Chinese Mandarin: 北京 Wu Chinese: 北京 Chuvash: Пекин Corsican: Pechinu Crimean Tatar: Pekin Crimean Tatar: Hanbalıq Czech: Peking Danish: Beijing Danish: Peking Daur: Bejin Dhivehi: ބީޖިންގ Dutch: Peking Esperanto: Pekino Esperanto: Bejĝingo Estonian: Peking Farefare: Pekɩŋ Faroese: Beijing Faroese: Peking Finnish: Peking French: Pékin French: Beijing Galician: Pequín Georgian: პეკინი
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