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peking


noun

  1. Older Spelling. Beijing.

noun

  1. the former English name of Beijing

former transliteration of what is now (in the pinyin system) called Beijing. In the Wade-Giles system it was Peiping; this form Peking pre-dates Wade-Giles and was formed by the old British-run, Hong Kong-based Chinese postal system. See Beijing.

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