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A certain number of Americans are already in Peking and most of us here feel that it would be very useful for the United States and especially for the Left-wing progressive movement in the United States if groups of students such as you mention could make a tour of China.
Anna Louise Strong

Meaning of "Peking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEKING

Peking  [ˈpiːˈkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peking

Beijing

Beijing, sometimes romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world. The population as of 2013 was 21,150,000. The metropolis, located in northern China, is governed as a direct-controlled municipality under the national government, with 14 urban and suburban districts and two rural counties. Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast. Beijing is the second largest Chinese city by urban population after Shanghai and is the nation's political, cultural, and educational center. It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest state-owned companies, and is a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks. The Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest in the world by passenger traffic. The city's history dates back three millennia. As the last of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing has been the political center of the country for much of the past eight centuries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEKING


Anking
ˈɑːnˈkɪŋ
antiking
ˌæntɪˈkɪŋ
banking
ˈbæŋkɪŋ
booking
ˈbʊkɪŋ
breaking
ˈbreɪkɪŋ
Chungking
ˈtʃʊŋˈkɪŋ
clicking
ˈklɪkɪŋ
cooking
ˈkʊkɪŋ
drinking
ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ
fucking
ˈfʌkɪŋ
Hsinking
ˈʃɪnˈkɪŋ
king
kɪŋ
making
ˈmeɪkɪŋ
Nanking
ˈnænˈkɪŋ
networking
ˈnɛtˌwɜːkɪŋ
parking
ˈpɑːkɪŋ
ranking
ˈræŋkɪŋ
Siking
ˈsiːˈkɪŋ
Tongking
ˈtɒŋˈkɪŋ
unking
ʌnˈkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEKING

Peirce
peize
pejorate
pejoration
pejorative
pejoratively
pekan
peke
Pekin
Pekinese
Peking duck
Peking man
Peking sauce
Pekingese
Pekinologist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEKING

attention-seeking
checking
foreking
heat-seeking
in the making
Mafeking
on-street parking
pleasure-seeking
profit-seeking
publicity-seeking
reeking
self-seeking
speaking
sucking
taking
talking
thinking
tracking
walking
working

Synonyms and antonyms of Peking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Peking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEKING

Find out the translation of Peking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Peking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Peking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

北京
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pekín
570 millions of speakers

English

Peking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेकिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بكين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пекин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pequim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পীকিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pékin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peking
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peking
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

北京
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

북경
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bắc Kinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பீகிங்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pekin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pechino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Peking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пекін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Peking
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πεκίνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Beijing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Peking
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Peking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Peking

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEKING»

The term «Peking» is very widely used and occupies the 23.129 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Peking

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2 QUOTES WITH «PEKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Peking.
1
Li Keqiang
I was a student at Peking University for close to a decade, while a so-called 'knowledge explosion' was rapidly expanding. I was searching for not just knowledge, but also to mold a temperament, to cultivate a scholarly outlook.
2
Anna Louise Strong
A certain number of Americans are already in Peking and most of us here feel that it would be very useful for the United States and especially for the Left-wing progressive movement in the United States if groups of students such as you mention could make a tour of China.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEKING»

Discover the use of Peking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Peking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman ...
Based on seven years of research by historian and China expert Paul French, this true-crime thriller presents readers with a rare and unique portrait of the last days of colonial Peking.
Paul French, 2012
2
Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400-1900
The central character in Susan Naquin's extraordinary new book is the city of Peking during the Ming and Qing periods.
Susan Naquin, 2000
3
Moment in Peking
由美国林太乙女士提供版权.
林语堂, Yutang Lin, 1999
4
Drama Kings: Players and Publics in the Re-creation of ...
Drama Kings demonstrates that the process of reforming and marketing Peking opera as a national genre was integrally involved with process of colonial modernity, shifting gender roles, the rise of capitalist visual culture, and new ...
Joshua Goldstein, 2007
5
An American Transplant: The Rockefeller Foundation and ...
Rockefeller Foundation.
Mary Brown Bullock, 1980
6
China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom
This audacious and illuminating memoir reflects on 40 years of learning about the People's Republic of China through China watching - the process by which outsiders gather and decipher official and unofficial information to figure out what ...
Richard Baum, 2010
7
Peking 1900: The Boxer Rebellion
1839-1842 First China War (Opium War) 1858-1860 Second China War 1860 1 3 Oct Entry of allies into Peking 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War 1898 Dowager Empress usurps the throne in a coup d'etat. Five reformers are beheaded 1899 18 ...
Peter Harrington, 2013
8
Peking opera
Peking Opera's success rests on a fine integration of performance, plotting, and music.
Colin Mackerras, 1997
9
Peking Opera
Peking Opera provides a comprehensive illustrated introduction to the origins and development of this unique performance art.
Chengbei Xu, 2012
10
Peking University: Chinese Scholarship and Intellectuals, ...
F.R. Ankersmit, “Contemporary Anglo-Saxon Philosophy of History,” in idem, History and Tropology, 69–70. 2. “Beijing daxue zhexuexi dashiji, 1914–1994” ( Important events in the Depart- ment of Philosophy, Peking University, 1914– 1994), ...
Xiaoqing Diana Lin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Peking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
This 360 Video Of Peking Duk's Splendour In The Grass Set Is Intense
If you've missed out on Splendour In The Grass this year, or just want to relive Peking Duk's huge Mix Up Stage headline set, a new ... «Music Feeds, Jul 15»
2
Mystery man ... Australian dance duo Peking Duk are staying silent …
Peking Duk's moment in the Zeitgeist arrived when the charismatic pair released their single High, featuring the vocals of another rising ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
3
SPLENDOUR HIGHLIGHTS: Peking Duk
SINCE breaking through with their hit single High at the beginning of 2014, Australian electronic duo Peking Duk have flown high at the top of ... «Northern Star, Jul 15»
4
Look: Shanghai retiree paints gorgeous Peking Opera masks on …
A 77-year-old retiree in Shanghai's Minhang district has attracted attention online for his decade-long hobby of painting ornate Peking opera ... «Shanghaiist, Jul 15»
5
Peking Duck and Bubbling Blood at Peking Cuisine
This is where my friend Thomas took a group of us last week for Peking duck—a longtime speciality of Beijing in northern China—and an ... «Houstonia Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Use of fire by Peking Man goes back 600000 years, Chinese …
Chinese scientists are saying an early human ancestor, Peking Man, set up fireplaces and cooked food about 600,000 years ago—the earliest ... «Ancient Origins, Jul 15»
7
Peking Duk On Smoking Cones And Topping Karl Stefanovic
We've been known in the past to be pretty big fans of the Peking Duk boys, Reuben Styles and Adam Hyde, and you know what? We still are ... «Pedestrian TV, Jul 15»
8
'Peking Man' Knows How to Use Fire, New Evidence Suggests
A monument marks the site where the fossilized skeleton of the Peking Man was unearthed in 1929 in Zhoukoudian, a small village about 50 ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
9
'Face-kini' to get Peking opera facelift
Eventually, she decided to fall back on the traditional face-paint designs of Peking opera, and she is hoping her new designs will not scare ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
10
Peking University launches new online programming courses
BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Peking University on Tuesday launched a series of programming courses on Coursera, the world's largest provider ... «Shanghai Daily, Jul 15»

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