Peking
pronunciation
How to pronounce Peking in British English:
UK [pi:ˈkiŋ,ˈpi:ˈkiŋ]
How to pronounce Peking in American English:
US [ˈpiˈkɪŋ, ˈpe-]
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- Noun:
- capital of the People's Republic of China in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
Word Origin
- Peking
- former transliteration of what is now (in the pinyin system) called Beijing. In the Wade-Giles system it was Peiping; this form Peking pre-dates Wade-Giles and was formed by the old British-run, Hong Kong-based Chinese postal system.
Example
- 1. Michael pettis is a professor of finance at peking university .
- 2. Peking university professor xia xueluan seemed to dislike the whole idea .
- 3. Right next door are china 's top two universities , peking university and tsinghua university .
- 4. Chinese universities in the top 200 included peking ; tsinghua and chinese university of hong kong .
- 5. Administrators at peking university say their focus is on helping those with academic problems .