北平

See also: 北京

Chinese

		north	flat; level; equal flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
simp. and trad. (北平)		北	平

Etymology

From 北 (běi, “north”) + 平 (píng, “peace, pacification”), used in the sense of pacified or conquered territory.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Běipíng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bak¹ ping⁴
Min Nan (POJ): Pak-pêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Běipíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Beeipyng
  - IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bak¹ ping⁴
  - Yale: bāk pìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bak⁷ ping⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: beg¹ ping⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐk̚⁵ pʰɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Pak-pêng
  - Tâi-lô: Pak-pîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pakpeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pak̚³²⁻⁵ piɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pak̚³²⁻⁴ piɪŋ²³/

Proper noun

北平

(archaic) Beiping Commandery (in present-day Baoding, Hebei)
(historical) Beiping, the name of Beijing during the early Ming dynasty, between its conquest by the Hongwu emperor and its renaming by the Yongle emperor
(historical) Beiping, the name of Beijing during the early 20th century when the Republic of China removed its capital to Nanking

Usage notes

In the third sense, the most common English usage is Peiping, Pei-ping, or P'ei-ping, all based on the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese characters which was commonly used in English during this period of Chinese history.

References

北平郡 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh

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