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Bei•jing
Pronunciation: (bā'jing'), [key]—
n. Pinyin.
a city in and the capital of the People's Republic of China, in the NE part, in central Hebei province: traditional capital of China. 7,570,000.
Also,Peking,Peiching.Formerly (1928–49),
Peiping. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.