Date
Type Settlement
Usage Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Polish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Uzbek, Turkmen
Scripts 北京(Japanese Kanji) ぺきん(Japanese Hiragana) Пекин(Russian, Bulgarian, Uzbek) Пекін(Ukrainian) Պեկին(Armenian)
Pronounced Pron. /pe̞.kʲiɴ/(Japanese) /pʲɪ.ˈkʲin/(Russian) /pe.ˈkʲin/(Ukrainian) /pɛ.ˈkʲin/(Bulgarian) /pɛ.ˈkin/(Armenian)
Note In Turkish and Azerbaijani this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as PEKİN in uppercase and pekin in lowercase.
Meaning & History
Form of Beijing in several languages.