بكين

Meaning

Beijing (the capital city of China)

Concepts

beijing

peking

Synonyms

بيجينغ

بيجين

Frequency

24k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bi.kiːn/
Etymology

Ultimately from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Compare English Peking, French Pékin, Persian پکن (pekan), Portuguese Pequim and Russian Пеки́н (Pekín).

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