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北平
北平
See also: 北京
Chinese
| north | flat; level; equal; to make the same score; to tie; to draw; calm; peaceful
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simp. and trad. (北平) |
北 | 平 | |
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
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北平郡 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh