Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peking duck

/ˌpiːkɪŋ ˈdʌk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: peking -duck
IPA: /ˌpiːkɪŋ ˈdʌk/

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"During out third day in Peking, we received word that Premier Chou En-lai would have dinner with us. We sat in a banquet room in the Great Hall of the People and enjoyed a fabulous meal of Peking duck."
"As restaurants in the Chinese capital drift in the doldrums of a COVID ban on dining in, one eatery manager and his army of chefs have set up stalls on the pavement to keep alive some of the old magic and drum up sales of their big seller, Peking duck.[…]"Our Peking duck sales have even gone up," Zheng, 35, told Reuters outside his restaurant as a queue of customers waited."

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 北京烤鴨／北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā). Same as Peking + duck.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Peiping duck (alternative, dated) Beijing duck (alternative, uncommon)

Questions

How do you pronounce peking duck?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpiːkɪŋ ˈdʌk/.
What does peking duck mean?: A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.
Where does peking duck come from?: Calque from Chinese 北京烤鴨／北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā). Same as Peking + duck.

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