Meaning, origin and history of the place name Beijing

Type Settlement

Scripts 北京(Chinese) 베이징(Korean Hangul)

Pronounced Pron. PAY-CHEENG(Chinese) bay-JING(English) bay-ZHING(English) PEH-EE-JEENG(Korean) [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

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

VariantPeking(English)

Other Languages & CulturesBikin(Arabic) Pekin(Armenian) Pekin(Azerbaijani) Peking(Bosnian) Pekin(Bulgarian) Pequín(Catalan) Peking(Croatian) Peking(Czech) Peking(Dutch) Peking(Estonian) Peking(Finnish) Pékin(French) Pequín(Galician) Peking(German) Bejing(Hindi) Pechino(Italian) Pekin(Japanese) Pekina(Latvian) Pekinas(Lithuanian) Peking(Luxembourgish) Pekan(Persian) Pekin(Polish) Pequim(Portuguese) Pekin(Russian) Peking(Serbian) Peking(Slovak) Peking(Slovene) Pekín, Pequín(Spanish) Peking(Swedish) Pekin(Turkish) Pekin(Turkmen) Pekin(Ukrainian) Pekin(Uzbek)