燕京

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
trad. (燕京)		燕	京
simp. #(燕京)		燕	京

Etymology

The archaic name for Beijing, being the name of the capital of the state of Yan, one of the powers of the Warring States period.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yānjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yānjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yanjing
    • Wade–Giles: Yen¹-ching¹
    • Yale: Yān-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ianjing
    • Palladius: Яньцзин (Janʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ ging¹
    • Yale: yīn gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

燕京

1. (historical, archaic) Beijing

Synonyms

• 北京 (Běijīng)
• (historical) 北平 (Běipíng)
• (literary, or ironic, humorous) 帝都 (dìdū)