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Peking

American  
[pee-king, pey-, bey-jing] / ˈpiˈkɪŋ, ˈpeɪ-, ˈbeɪˈdʒɪŋ /

noun

  1. Older Spelling. Beijing.

Peking British  
/ ˈpiːˈkɪŋ /

noun

  1. the former English name of Beijing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Peking Cultural  

  1. See Beijing.

Example Sentences

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John Legend dressed in traditional Peking opera wear.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Zhang and Na conducted the work as postdoctoral researchers at Caltech and are now based at Tsinghua University and Peking University in Beijing, respectively.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Runjia Zhang is a doctoral student at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

It’s the only resort in the Maldives with a Zuma, and its Cantonese restaurant, Li Long, a Peking duck expert from Beijing, helms the country’s first wood-fired oven.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

China tried delaying that Treaty’s ratification; Peking was looted and burned.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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