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Peiping

Peiping

9.9
Old name for Beijing, the capital of China, used before 1949
  • proper noun
  • Archaic
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  • In history class, we learned that Peiping was the name used for Beijing before 1949.

Examples

  • The principal and continuing factor in the world today is the persistently aggressive design of Moscow and Peiping, which shows no evidence of genuine change despite their professed desire to relax tensions and to preserve peace.

    Academic text (1990)

  • I thought you were the bleeding-heart kid from Peiping.

    Blood Alley (1955)

  • We can no longer live in honor... under the hawks and dogs who now sit in Peiping.

    Blood Alley (1955)

  • The famous philosopher lived in Peiping during a time of great cultural change.

  • Before it became known as Beijing, the city was often referred to as Peiping in many old books.

Synonyms

Peking
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  • Archaic
16 4.8

An old English name for Beijing, the capital city of China

is used mainly before 1949 rather than generally as a former name

Surface Forms

Peiping main

Etymology

Peiping comes from Chinese parts pei 'north' and ping 'peace', so it literally means 'Northern Peace'. It was the city's common name before 1949 when the national capital was in Nanjing, and after 1949 the name changed to Beijing 'Northern Capital', which is why Peiping is now a historical name.