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Peking

Sentences
An user
Peking   ist   die   Hauptstadt   der   Volksrepublik China .

Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China.

Meaning

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

Concepts

Synonyms

Hauptstadt von China

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈpeːkɪŋ]
Etymology

In summary

Ultimately from the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng) from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Compare Portuguese Pequim, Spanish Pekín, Dutch Peking, English Peking, French Pékin.

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