北京(ぺきん)

ぺきん
noun (proper)
Beijing
geographyproper-nounplace-name
1. Beijing
The capital of the People's Republic of China, and its political and cultural center.
北京(ぺきん)に出張(しゅっちょう)する。
I'm going to Beijing on a business trip.
北京(ぺきん)は中国(ちゅうごく)の首都(しゅと)だ。
Beijing is the capital of China.
北京(ぺきん)オリンピックは二〇〇八年(にせんはちねん)に開催(かいさい)された。
The Beijing Olympics were held in 2008.

北京(ぺきん) is written with the same kanji as in Chinese, but read with the Japanese on'yomi pronunciation ぺきん rather than a transliteration of the Mandarin name.

Common collocations

  • 北京(ぺきん)オリンピック: the Beijing Olympics
  • 北京語(ぺきんご): the Beijing dialect (colloquial term sometimes used loosely for Mandarin)
  • 北京(ぺきん)ダック: Peking duck

Related words

  • 上海(しゃんはい): Shanghai — China's largest city and commercial center, distinct from the political capital 北京(ぺきん).
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