Pe·king·ese

(pē′kĭng-ēz′, -ēs′) also Pe·kin·ese (pē′kə-nēz′, -nēs′)

n. pl. Pekingese also Pekinese

1. A native or resident of Peking (Beijing).

2. The Chinese dialect of Peking.

3. (pē′kə-nēz′) A dog of a small breed developed in China, having a flat nose, a long straight coat, and a tail that curls over the back.

Pe′king·ese′ adj.

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Noun

Pekinese - a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle

Peke, Pekingese

toy dog, toy - any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

Translations

كَلْبٌ بِكِينِيّ

pekinéz

pekingeser

Pekinese

Πεκινουά

pequinés

kiinanpalatsikoira

Pékinois

pekinezer

pechinese

北京の人

발바리

pekinges

หมาจู

Pekin köpeği

chó Bắc Kinh

京巴狗

pekinese

[ˌpiːkɪˈniːz] pekingese N → pequinés/esa m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Pekinese

[ˌpiːkɪˈniːz] n (= dog) → pékinois m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pekin(g)ese

n pl <-> (= dog) → Pekinese m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pekinese

[ˌpiːkɪˈniːz] n → (cane) pechinese m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Pekinese

→ كَلْبٌ بِكِينِيّ pekinéz pekingeser Pekinese Πεκινουά pequinés kiinanpalatsikoira Pékinois pekinezer pechinese 北京の人 발바리 Pekinees pekingeser pekińczyk pequinês пекинес pekinges หมาจู Pekin köpeği chó Bắc Kinh 京巴狗

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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Also included along in "Killer's Law" are three of Hubbar's short story mysteries: 'They Killed Him Dead', in which a respected homicide detective solves a murder several times over, only to be proved wrong again and again, to the amusement of his fellow cops; 'Mad Dog Murder', the story of a patrol officer who dreams of joining the homicide squad, and finds that the ticket to advancement--and romance--may be a Pekinese dog; and 'The Blow Torch Murders', in which every criminal in town is eager to turn himself in...and the reason is a real killer.

Killer's Law

Obviously there are health and safety issues, my pal accidentally left her Pekinese in the back seat once and the poor thing got jammed in the rear tubeage system.

Sara Cox; Our funny, feisty and frank columnist

The film does not pass judgement on such torture methods as waterboarding or sleep deprivation, or leaving detainees to hang suspended in chains, or alternatively squashed into a wooden crate which would prove crowded for a Pekinese or a Persian cat.

Zero Dark Thirty