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Peking

American

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

noun

Older Spelling. Beijing.

Peking British

/ ˈpiːˈkɪŋ /

noun

the former English name of Beijing

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Peking Cultural

See Beijing.

Example Sentences

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John Legend dressed in traditional Peking opera wear.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

The menu skews Asian fusion, with sushi, dim sum, wagyu and — unsurprisingly — Peking duck as the centerpiece, served with pancakes, hoisin and scallions.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 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

In Peking, in the 1670s, Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit astronomer, was able to build instruments based on his designs without ever having seen Brahe’s originals.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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