北京 běijīng

běijīng proper noun Beijing
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography , Concept: Capital 首都
Notes: The capital of the People's Republic of China since 1949 and also the capital of imperial China and the Republic of China from 1271 to 1928. Beijing was called 'Peking' in the West before the adoption of the 拼音 pinyin spelling. Beijing was called 北平 Beiping from 1928 to 1949 when 南京 Nanjing was the capital (MPRC; Sullivan and Hearst 1997, 'BEIJING'; ZZD 6).

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