Peiping en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- bā′pĭng′
Etymology
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 北平 (Pei³-pʻing²).
Meanings
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Former name of Beijing.
Commenting on a wire service report of March 9 saying that a foreign journalist stationed in Peiping has been in contact with counterparts in Taipei via Tokyo tele-communications facilities, the GIO said "This is another form of Chinese Communist united front conspiracy carried out through foreign journalists."
1979 March 18, “Peiping plot uses foreign journalists”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 10, Taipei, page 1:Peiping, one of the oldest cities in the world, and one of the most interesting! He who has not seen Peiping has really not seen the China of fable and history.
1934, “Excursion From Shanghai”, in All About Shanghai: A Standard Guidebook, Oxford University Press, published 1983, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 146:On July 7, 1937, the Japanese during maneuvers attacked the Marco Polo bridge (Lu-kou-ch'iao) across the Yung-ting Ho southwest of Peiping to sever the last railroad link with the rest of China.
1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 532, column 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beiping | Hanyu-Pinyin, alternative | lexicographic | |
| Pei-p'ing | also, alternative, from Wade–Giles | lexicographic |