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pekingese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
pekingese
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.

noun

A small toy dog from China.

noun

Synonym of Beijinger (“person from Beijing”).

Dated

adj

of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China

Etymology

From Peking + -ese; Peking is the Postal Map romanization of Beijing.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Pekinese (alternative) Pekingnese (alternative) Pekingeses (plural)

Derived Forms

peekapoo

Synonyms

Beijinger Beijingese Beijingnese Beijing Peiping Pekin Peking pekinese peke

Rhymes With

these please she's chinese disease japanese employees trees traditional chinese sees cheese degrees

Questions

What does pekingese mean?
The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.
Where does pekingese come from?
From Peking + -ese; Peking is the Postal Map romanization of Beijing.

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