燕京

Chinese

		swallow (a type of bird); surname; place name	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (燕京)		燕	京

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yānjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ ging¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yānjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ianjing
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin¹ ging¹
  - Yale: yīn gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ ging¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

燕京

an ancient name for Beijing (the name of the capital of the Yan state, one of the powers of the Warring States Period during the Zhou Dynasty)

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