Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peiping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: Pei-ping
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Beijing.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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.""

Etymology

From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 北平 (Pei³-pʻing²).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 北平

Inflected Forms

Pei-p'ing (alternative, also) Beiping (alternative, Hanyu Pinyin)

Derived Forms

Peipinger Peipingese

Phrases

Peiping duck

Questions

What does peiping mean?: Former name of Beijing.
Where does peiping come from?: From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 北平 (Pei³-pʻing²).

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