Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
köken: Borrowed from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), specifically the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Beijing. Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Dutch Peking. See also Tonkin and Nankin (“Nanjing”).
Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
eş: Beijing
köken: From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Compare Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Tagalog Peking.
Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
eş: Beijing
köken: Borrowed from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), specifically the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Compare Portuguese Pequim, Spanish Pekín, English Peking, French Pékin.
Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
köken: Borrowed from Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), specifically the Nanking court dialect from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Beijing. Compare Spanish Pekín, French Pékin, English Peking, Dutch Peking.