Pekín

(Anglès)

Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)

Freqüència

20k
Amb guionet com a
Pe‧kín
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/peˈkin/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Compare Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Tagalog Peking.

Related words

Pekín

Pei-ping

Pequin

Peking

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