north capital; Beijing (abbrev.) trad. (北京 ) 北 京 simp. # (北京 ) 北 京 Literally: “northern capital”.
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Mandarin (Standard ) (Pinyin ) :Běijīng (Zhuyin ) :ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ (Chengdu ,Sichuanese Pinyin ) :be2 jin1 (Dungan ,Cyrillic andWiktionary ) :Быйҗин (Bɨyžin, I-I)Cantonese (Guangzhou –Hong Kong ,Jyutping ) :bak1 ging1 (Taishan ,Wiktionary ) :bak2 gen1 Gan (Wiktionary ) :bet6 jin1 Hakka (Sixian ,PFS ) :Pet-kîn (Hailu ,HRS ) :bed ginˋ (Meixian ,Guangdong ) :bêd5 gin1 Jin (Wiktionary ) :bei2 jing1 Northern Min (KCR ) :Bă̤-géng Eastern Min (BUC ) :Báe̤k-gĭng Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing ): bah6 ging1 Southern Min (Hokkien ,POJ ) :Pak-kiaⁿ (Teochew ,Peng'im ) :bag4 gian1 Wu (Shanghai ,Wugniu ) :7 poq-cinXiang (Changsha ,Wiktionary ) :be6 jin1 Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )Character 北 京 Reading # 1/1 1/1 Modern Beijing (Pinyin) běi jīng Middle Chinese ‹ pok › ‹ kjæng › Old Chinese /*pˁək/ /*[k]raŋ/ English north hill; capital city Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)Character 北 京 Reading # 1/1 1/1 No. 414 6828 Phonetic component 北 京 Rime group 職 陽 Rime subdivision 0 0 Corresponding MC rime 北 驚 Old Chinese /*pɯːɡ/ /*kraŋ/
北京
( ~市 ) Beijing (adirect-administered municipality , thecapital city ofChina )中國 的 首都 是 北京 。[MSC ,trad. ] 中国 的 首都 是 北京 。[MSC ,simp. ] Zhōngguó de shǒudū shìBěijīng . [Pinyin] The capital of China isBeijing . 北京 的 春天 很 適合 騎車 逛 衚衕 。[MSC ,trad. ] 北京 的 春天 很 适合 骑车 逛 胡同 。[MSC ,simp. ] Běijīng de chūntiān hěn shìhé qíchē guàng hútòng.[Pinyin] Beijing ’s spring is very suitable for cycling around the hutongs.原諒 我 不 能 陪 你 去 北京 。[MSC ,trad. ] 原谅 我 不 能 陪 你 去 北京 。[MSC ,simp. ] Yuánliàng wǒ bù néng péi nǐ qùBěijīng . [Pinyin] Forgive me for not being able to go with you toBeijing . 這 話本 也 出 在 本朝 宣德 年 間 ,有 一 老者 ,姓 劉 ,名 德 ,家 佐 河西務 鎮 上 。這 鎮 在 運河 之 旁 ,離 北京 有 二百 里 田地 ,乃 各 省 出入 京都 的 要路 。[Written Vernacular Chinese ,trad. ] 这 话本 也 出 在 本朝 宣德 年 间 ,有 一 老者 ,姓 刘 ,名 德 ,家 佐 河西务 镇 上 。这 镇 在 运河 之 旁 ,离 北京 有 二百 里 田地 ,乃 各 省 出入 京都 的 要路 。[Written Vernacular Chinese ,simp. ] From: Feng Menglong ,Stories to Awaken the World , 1627CE Zhè huàběn yě chū zài běncháo Xuāndé nián jiān, yǒu yī lǎozhě, xìng Liú, míng Dé, jiā zuǒ Héxīwù zhèn shàng. Zhè zhèn zài yùnhé zhī páng, líběijīng yǒu èrbǎi lǐ tiándì, nǎi gè shěng chūrù jīngdōu de yàolù. [Pinyin] This story took place during theXuande era of the current dynasty. There was an elderly man named Liu De who resided in Hexiwu town. This town is located beside the canal, about 200lis away fromPeking , and serves as a crucial route for people traveling to and from the capital from various provinces. Synonyms: 北平 ( Běipíng ) ( historical ) ,燕京 ( Yānjīng ) ( historical ) ( metonymic ) Beijing( thegovernment of thePeople's Republic of China ) ( historical ) northern capital [5th c.CE ] Jiankang (capital ofLiu Song dynasty )—in modern-dayNanjing ,Jiangsu province[5th c.CE ] Jingkou (birthplace ofLiu Song dynasty )—in modern-dayZhenjiang ,Jiangsu province[5th c.CE ] Pingcheng (capital ofNorthern Wei dynasty )—in modern-dayDatong ,Shanxi province[8th–10th c.CE ] Taiyuan Fu (birthplace ofTang dynasty and many subsequent states)—in modern-dayTaiyuan ,Shanxi province[11th c.CE ] Daming Fu (visited byEmperor Zhenzong )—in modern-dayHandan ,Hebei province [12th c.CE ] Shangjing Linhuang Fu (one of the capitals ofJin dynasty )—in modern-dayChifeng ,Inner Mongolia [12th c.CE ] Zhongdu (one of the capitals ofJin dynasty )—in modern-dayBeijing [14th c.CE ] Kaifeng Fu (Ming dynasty )—in modern-dayKaifeng ,Henan province( Beijing ) : ( historical ) 北平 (Běipíng ),( literary, or ironic, humorous ) 帝都 (dìdū ),( historical, archaic ) 燕京 (Yānjīng )Others :
→ Amis:Piking → Arabic:بِكِين ( bikīn ) → Asturian:Beijing → Belarusian:Пекі́н ( Pjekín ) → Bengali:বেইজিং ( beijiṅ ) → Bouyei:Bagtjingl → Burmese:ပေကျင်း ( pe-kyang: ) ,ပီကင်း ( pikang: ) → Catalan:Pequín → Czech:Peking → Danish:Beijing ,Peking → Dutch:Peking → English:Beijing ,Peking ,Pei-ching → French:Pékin → Finnish:Peking ,Beijing → Georgian:პეკინი ( ṗeḳini ) → German:Peking → Greek:Πεκίνο ( Pekíno ) → Hebrew:בייג׳ינג ( beijing ) → Hindi:बेजिंग ( bejiṅg ) → Hlai:Bhakgengs → Hungarian:Peking → Italian:Pechino → Japanese:北( ペ ) 京( キン ) ( Pekin ) → Kazakh:Бейжің ( Beijıñ ) → Khmer:ប៉េកាំង ( peekang ) → Korean:베이징 ( Beijing ) → Lao:ປັກກິງ ( pak king ) → Latin:Pechinum → Latvian:Pekina → Lithuanian:Pekinas → Lü:ᦵᦗᦲᧉᦋᦲᧃᧈ ( poe²tsiin¹ ) → Macedonian:Пекинг ( Peking ) → Manchu:ᠪᡝᡤᡳᠩ ( beging ) → Mongolian:Бээжин ( Beežin ) /ᠪᠡᠭᠡᠵᠢᠩ ( begeǰing ) → Nepali:बेइजिङ ( beijiṅ ) → Nuosu:ꀙꏢ ( bip ji ) → Persian:پکن ( pekan ) → Polish:Pekin → Portuguese:Pequim → Romanian:Beijing ,Pekin → Russian:Пеки́н ( Pekín ) → Serbo-Croatian:Пѐкинг /Pèking ,Бејџинг /Bejdžing → Slovene:Peking → Spanish:Pekín ,Pequín → Swedish:Peking ,Beijing → Telugu:బీజింగ్ ( bījiṅg ) → Thai:ปักกิ่ง ( bpàk-gìng ) → Tibetan:པེ་ཅིན ( pe cin ) ,པེ་ཅིང ( pe cing ) → Urdu:بیجنگ ( bējiṅg ) → Uyghur:بېيجىڭ ( bëyjing ) → Zhuang:Baekging Other capitals in the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China:南京 (Nánjīng ) —洛陽 / 洛阳 (Luòyáng ) —西安 (Xī'ān ) Other directions:南京 (Nánjīng , “southern capital”) —東京 / 东京 (Dōngjīng , “eastern capital”) —西京 (Xījīng , “western capital”) From theNanjing court dialect Mandarin 北京 ( Běijīng , literally“ northern capital ” ) , from before the modernpalatalization of/k/ to/tɕ/ .[ 1] The kanji are anorthographic borrowing fromChinese 北京 ( Běijīng ) . ComparePortuguese Pequim ,Spanish Pekín ,Dutch Peking ,English Peking ,French Pékin ,German Peking ,Russian Пекин ( Pekin ) .
北京( ペキン ) • (Pekin )
Beijing (adirect-administered municipality , thecapital city ofChina )Compound of北( ほく ) ( hoku ,“ north ” ) +京( きょう ) ( kyō ,“ capital city ” ) . Attested from the 13th century.[ 3]
北( ほっ ) 京( きょう ) • (Hokkyō ) ←ほくきやう ( Fokukyau ) ?
( history ) Kyoto the "Northern Capital ", as opposed toNara the "Southern Capital " ^ Kaske, Elisabeth (2008 ),The Politics of Language in Chinese Education, 1895–1919 [1] , Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV,→ISBN , page52 ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ),NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese),Tokyo :NHK Publishing, Inc. ,→ISBN ^ “ほっ‐きょう[ホクキャウ] 【北京】 ”, in日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ][2] (in Japanese), concise edition,Tokyo :Shogakukan ,2006 ^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ),大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition,Tokyo :Sanseidō ,→ISBN 北京 • (Bukgyeong ) (hangeul 북경 )
hanja form? of북경 ( “ Beijing ” ) 北京
chữ Hán form ofBắc Kinh ( “ Beijing (adirect-administered municipality , thecapital city ofChina )” )