Peking

[ pee-king, pey-; Chinese bey-jing ]

noun

1. Older Spelling. Beijing.

Peking

/ ˈpiːˈkɪŋ /

noun

1. the former English name of Beijing

Peking

1. See Beijing .

Example Sentences

This year, Jiang, a student at Jiangsu Lianshui Secondary Vocational School, outperformed other finalists from some of the world’s most prestigious institutions — including Peking University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Oxford.

From BBC

At the restaurant, waiters announce the arrival of a dish in the inflected style of traditional Peking Opera, declaring, “Delicious fish is coming!”

From New York Times

Also popular are the Peking duck, baked free-range chicken with rock salt, diced beef tenderloin with black pepper and the pan-fried eggplant.

From Seattle Times

Kongjian Yu, a landscape architect and professor at Peking University, is developing what might seem like a counterintuitive response: Let the water in.

From Seattle Times

The research team included scientists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool and Peking University in China.

From Science Daily