"Peking" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China / Peking / PRC government
 Běi Dà Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
 Běi jīng Dà xué Peking University
 Běi jīng rén Beijing resident / Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing
 Cài Yuán péi Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
 Běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck
 Běi jīng yuán rén Peking ape-man / Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921
 èr huáng one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / Peking opera / also written 二簧[er4 huang2] / see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]
 Hǎi diàn qū Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1]
 Zhōng guān cūn Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores
 Dīng Wěi liáng William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
 Jīng Bào Peking Gazette (official government bulletin)
 Cáo Jìng huá Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist
 Hǎi diàn Haidian inner district of northeast Beijing, includes Peking University, Tsinghua University 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 da4 xue2] and Zhongguancun 中關村|中关村[Zhong1 guan1 cun1]
 Fǔ rén Dà xué Fu Jen Catholic University of Peking (from 1925), forerunner of Beijing Normal University 北京師範大學|北京师范大学 / Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City, Taiwan
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