北京
(Redirected from 北京市)
Chinese edit
north | capital; Beijing (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (北京) | 北 | 京 | |
simp. #(北京) | 北 | 京 | |
Literally: “northern capital”. |
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
北京
- (~市) Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
- 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.]
- From: Feng Menglong, Stories to Awaken the World, 1627 CE
- 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, lí běijīng yǒu èrbǎi lǐ tiándì, nǎi gè shěng chūrù jīngdōu de yàolù. [Pinyin]
- This story took place during the Xuande 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 200 lis away from Peking, and serves as a crucial route for people traveling to and from the capital from various provinces.
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.]
- (metonymically) Beijing (the government of the People's Republic of China)
- (historical) northern capital
- [5th c. CE] Jiankang (capital of Liu Song dynasty)—in modern-day Nanjing, Jiangsu province
- [5th c. CE] Jingkou (birthplace of Liu Song dynasty)—in modern-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province
- [5th c. CE] Pingcheng (capital of Northern Wei dynasty)—in modern-day Datong, Shanxi province
- [8th–10th c. CE] Taiyuan Fu (birthplace of Tang dynasty and many subsequent states)—in modern-day Taiyuan, Shanxi province
- [11th c. CE] Daming Fu (visited by Emperor Zhenzong)—in modern-day Handan, Hebei province
- [12th c. CE] Shangjing Linhuang Fu (one of the capitals of Jin dynasty)—in modern-day Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
- [12th c. CE] Zhongdu (one of the capitals of Jin dynasty)—in modern-day Beijing
- [14th c. CE] Kaifeng Fu (Ming dynasty)—in modern-day Kaifeng, Henan province
Usage notes edit
- Modern sense since 15th century (capital of Ming, Qing, ROC formerly and now PRC)
- The name was chosen by the Yongle Emperor to distinguish the city from 南京 (Nánjīng, “Nanjing; southern capital”).
Synonyms edit
- (Beijing): (historical) 北平 (Běipíng), (literary, or ironic, humorous) 帝都 (dìdū), (historical, archaic) 燕京 (Yānjīng)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
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: 北京 (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 (begeǰiŋ)
- → Nepali: बेइजिङ (beijiṅ)
- → Nuosu: ꀙꏢ (bip ji)
- → Persian: پکن (pekan)
- → Polish: Pekin
- → Portuguese: Pequim
- → Romanian: Beijing, Pekin
- → Russian: Пеки́н (Pekín)
- → Armenian: Պեկին (Pekin)
- → 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
See also edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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北 | 京 |
ぺ Grade: 2 |
きん Grade: 2 |
tōon |
From dialectal Chinese 北京 (Běijīng, literally “northern capital”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
See also edit
- 北京語 (Pekin-go)
- 北京人 (Pekin-jin)
- 北京ダック (Pekin dakku)
- ペキニーズ (Pekinīzu)
- 南京 (Nankin)
- トンキン (Tonkin)
- 東京 (Tōkyō)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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北 | 京 |
ほく > ほっ Grade: 2 |
きょう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Compound of 北 (hoku, “north”) + 京 (kyō, “capital city”). Attested from the 13th century.[2]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
北京 • (Hokkyō) ←ほくきやう (fokukyau)?
References edit
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ “【北京】 ほっ‐きょう[ホクキャウ] 【北京】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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北 | 京 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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北 | 京 |
Proper noun edit
北京