燕京

Chinese

		swallow (bird); surname; place name	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
trad. (燕京)		燕	京
simp. ^#(燕京)		燕	京

Etymology

The archaic name for Beijing, being the name of the capital of the state of Yan, one of the powers of the Warring States period.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yānjīng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yānjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄐㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yanjing
  - Wade–Giles: Yen¹-ching¹
  - Yale: Yān-jīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ianjing
  - Palladius: Яньцзин (Janʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin¹ ging¹
  - Yale: yīn gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ ging¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ ging¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

燕京

(historical, archaic) Beijing

Synonyms

北京 (Běijīng)
(historical) 北平 (Běipíng)
(literary, or ironic, humorous) 帝都 (dìdū)

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