Pe·king

(pē′kĭng′, pā′-)

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Peking

(ˈpiːˈkɪŋ)

(Placename) the former English name of Beijing

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Bei•jing

(ˈbeɪˈdʒɪŋ)

also Peking

a city in and the capital of the People's Republic of China, in the NE part, in central Hebei province. 7,000,000.

Formerly (1928–49), Peiping.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Peking - capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city

Beijing, capital of Red China, Peiping

Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Forbidden City - a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China

Translations

Peking

[ˌpiːˈkɪŋ] n → Pékin

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Then she landed a punitive expedition to march to Peking. It was two hundred and fifty thousand strong, and it was the flower of France.

But on May 1, 1976, had the reader been in the imperial city of Peking, with its then population of eleven millions, he would have witnessed a curious sight.

As Peking was bombarded by glass tubes, so was all China.

Had the reader again been in Peking, six weeks later, he would have looked in vain for the eleven million inhabitants.

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The work has been given in the form of lectures both in London and Peking, and one lecture, that on Desire, has been published in the Athenaeum.

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SOME White Christians engaged in driving Chinese Heathens out of an American town found a newspaper published in Peking in the Chinese tongue, and compelled one of their victims to translate an editorial.

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He told me that he would telegraph his emperor at once, and the result was that we were presently commanded to repair to Peking and present ourselves before the ruler.

You know how a fleet was sent across the Atlantic to search for me, how the restrictions against crossing thirty to one hundred seventy-five were removed forever, and how the officers were brought to Peking, arriving upon the very day that Victory and I were married at the imperial court.

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Suppose you tell him you wish to go from Hamburg to Peking by the way of Jericho, and are ignorant of routes and prices-- the next morning he will hand you a piece of paper with the whole thing worked out on it to the last detail.

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There were three gaily dressed women, all young and beautiful, one of them with a Peking spaniel upon her lap.

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Owner of Peking Garden, Jason Lee, said he was disappointed to come in on Thursday morning and find it had beenburgled.

Raiders turn Stockton Chinese restaurant upside down after forcing way in through roof; The intruders stole drinks, change from the till and even the eatery's CCTV hard drive

Another new item on Man Ho's menu was the Peking duck.

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