Place Name BEIJING

TYPE: Settlement

USAGE: Chinese, English

OTHER SCRIPTS: 北京 (Chinese)

PRONOUNCED: PAY-CHEENG (Chinese) [details]

Meaning & History

From Chinese 北 (běi) meaning "north" and 京 (jīng) meaning "capital city". This is the name of the capital of China.

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Related Names

VARIANT: Peking (English)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Peking (Czech), Peking (Dutch), Pékin (French), Peking (German), Pechino (Italian), Pekin (Japanese), Pequim (Portuguese), Pekín (Spanish)

Entry updated May 31, 2018