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Peking

[ pee-king, pey-; Chinese bey-jing ]

noun

  1. Older Spelling. Beijing.


Peking

/ ˈ辱ːˈɪŋ /

noun

  1. the former English name of Beijing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Peking

  1. See Beijing .
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The supermarket is popular in Canada for fresh produce and a variety of hot food cooked on site, including Asian street food and staples such as Peking duck.

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He’s had friends take his daughter on campus tours at some of China’s best universities, including Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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Zhao studied at Peking University and eventually moved to Shanghai, where he met Shaw’s mother.

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Michael Pettis, an American professor of finance at Peking University in Beijing and a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, agreed that Bessent was an excellent choice.

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This year, Jiang, a student at Jiangsu Lianshui Secondary Vocational School, outperformed other finalists from some of the world’s most prestigious institutions — including Peking University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Oxford.

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