Beijing

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Type Settlement
Usage Chinese, English
Scripts 北京(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. PAY-CHEENG(Chinese)
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Meaning & History

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

Related Names

VariantPeking(English)
Other Languages & CulturesPeking(Bosnian) Peking(Croatian) Peking(Czech) Peking(Dutch) Pékin(French) Peking(German) Pechino(Italian) Pekin(Japanese) Peking(Luxembourgish) Pequim(Portuguese) Peking(Serbian) Peking(Slovak) Peking(Slovene) Pekín(Spanish) Peking(Swedish)
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