English
Peiping
Peiping comes from Mandarin 北平.
- Mandarinmodern北平Pei³-pʻing²
- Englishearliest quotation 1934Peiping
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Mandarinmodern北平Pei³-pʻing²
- Englishearliest quotation 1934Peiping
Earliest quotation: 1934, Excursion From Shanghai: “Peiping, one of the oldest cities in the world,…”
Every English word from Mandarin 北平
Today it means
name Former name of Beijing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 北平 / Peiping