PEIPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peiping mean? 

• PEIPING (noun)
  The noun PEIPING has 1 sense:

1. capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city. In Chinese, 'Beijing' means North Capital ('Bei' means North, 'Jing' means Capital)

  Familiarity information: PEIPING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEIPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city. In Chinese, 'Beijing' means North Capital ('Bei' means North, 'Jing' means Capital)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Beijing; capital of Red China; Peiping; Peking

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Peiping"):

Forbidden City (a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China)

Holonyms ("Peiping" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)