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北京

北京

Chinese

north capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(北京) 		北 京
Literally: “northern capital”.

Proper noun

北京

  1. (～市) Beijing; Peking (capital city of the People's Republic of China)
    中國的首都是北京。 [MSC, trad.]
    中国的首都是北京。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguó de shǒudū shì Běijīng. [Pinyin]
    The capital of China is Beijing.

Synonyms

  • (historic): 北平 (Běipíng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
北 京
ぺ
Grade: 2 		きん
Grade: 2
Irregular

北 ‎(“north”) + 京 ‎(“capital city”).

Proper noun

北京 ‎(katakana ペキン, romaji Pekin)

  1. Beijing; Peking
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
北 京
ほく > ほっ
Grade: 2 		きょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

北京 ‎(hiragana ほっきょう, romaji hokkyō, historical hiragana ほくきやう)

  1. a northern capital

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term
北 京

Proper noun

北京 • ‎(Bukgyeong) ‎(hangeul 북경)

  1. Hanja form? of 북경, “Beijing”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
北 京

Proper noun

北京

  1. Hán tự form of Bắc Kinh, “Beijing”

Etymology

Chosen by Yongle Emperor to distinguish the city from 南京 (Nánjīng, “Nanjing”), the southern of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty.

Pronunciation

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