peking

Other forms of peking

plural

pekings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peking

What does peking mean?

peking means "capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city".

How many syllables are in peking?

peking has 2 syllables: pe-king. The stress falls on "pe". In IPA it is /ˈpiˈkɪŋ/.

What is another word for peking?

Close synonyms include Beijing, Peiping, capital of Red China. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peking a common word?

peking is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with peking?

4 words rhyme with peking. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.