Beijingese (other)
Beijingese or Bejingnese may refer to: *A person from or the culture of Beijing * Beijing Mandarin (other) **The Beijing dialect ** Beijing Mandarin (division of Mandarin), a variety of Mandarin spoken in and around Beijing See also * Pekingese, a dog breed * * *Pekin (other) Pekin may refer to: Places *A historic spelling of a name of Beijing, China *Pekin (hotel), a four star hotel in Moscow, Russia United States * Pekin, Illinois *Pekin Township, Tazewell County, Illinois *Pekin, Indiana **Old Pekin, Indiana **N ... * Peking (other) * Beijing (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Beijing
} Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 million residents. It has an administrative area of , the third in the country after Guangzhou and Shanghai. It is located in Northern China, and is governed as a municipality under the direct administration of the State Council with 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighboring Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jingjinji megalopolis and the national capital region of China. Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centres for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, busi ...
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Beijing Mandarin (other)
Beijing Mandarin may refer to: * Beijing dialect, of Mandarin Chinese * Beijing Mandarin (division of Mandarin) See also *Beijingese (other) Beijingese or Bejingnese may refer to: *A person from or the culture of Beijing * Beijing Mandarin (other) **The Beijing dialect ** Beijing Mandarin (division of Mandarin), a variety of Mandarin spoken in and around Beijing See also * ...

Beijing Dialect
The Beijing dialect (), also known as Pekingese and Beijingese, is the prestige dialect of Mandarin spoken in the urban area of Beijing, China. It is the phonological basis of Standard Chinese, the official language in the People's Republic of China and Republic of China (Taiwan) and one of the official languages in Singapore. Despite the similarity to Standard Chinese, it is characterized by some "iconic" differences, including the addition of a final rhotic -r / 儿 to some words (e.g. 哪儿). During the Ming, southern dialectal influences were also introduced into the dialect. History Status as prestige dialect As the political and cultural capital of China, Beijing has held much historical significance as a city, and its speech has held sway as a lingua franca. Being officially selected to form the basis of the phonology of Standard Mandarin has further contributed to its status as a prestige dialect, or sometimes ''the'' prestige dialect of Chinese. Other scholars ...
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Beijing Mandarin (division Of Mandarin)
In Chinese dialectology, Beijing Mandarin () refers to a major branch of Mandarin Chinese recognized by the ''Language Atlas of China'', encompassing a number of dialects spoken in areas of Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Tianjin, the most important of which is the Beijing dialect, which provides the phonological basis for Standard Chinese. Both Beijing Mandarin and its Beijing dialect are also called Beijingese. Classification Beijing Mandarin and Northeastern Mandarin were proposed by Chinese linguist Li Rong as two separate branches of Mandarin in the 1980s. In Li's 1985 paper, he suggested using tonal reflexes of Middle Chinese checked tone characters as the criterion for classifying Mandarin dialects. In this paper, he used the term "Beijing Mandarin" () to refer the dialect group in which checked tone characters with a voiceless initial have dark level, light level, rising and departing tone reflexes. He chose the name Beijing Mandarin as this Mandarin group ...
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Pekingese
The Pekingese (also spelled Pekinese) is a breed of toy dog, originating in China. The breed was favored by royalty of the Chinese Imperial court as a companion dog, and its name refers to the city of Peking (Beijing) where the Forbidden City is located. The breed has several characteristics and health issues related to its unique appearance. Because of its desirable characteristics, the Pekingese has been part of the development of designer crossbreeds, such as the Peekapoo (crossed with a poodle) and Peke-a-tese (crossed with a Maltese). Appearance Modern breeders and dog show judges seem to prefer the long-haired type over the more traditional spaniel-type coat. The Pekingese's flat face and large eyes are some of the breed's most obvious characteristics. The body is compact and low to the ground. Pekingese also have a muscular and durable body. The breed's unusual rolling gait may have been deliberately developed through selective breeding, to prevent the court dogs f ...
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Pekin (other)
Pekin may refer to: Places *A historic spelling of a name of Beijing, China *Pekin (hotel), a four star hotel in Moscow, Russia United States * Pekin, Illinois *Pekin Township, Tazewell County, Illinois *Pekin, Indiana **Old Pekin, Indiana **New Pekin, Indiana *Pekin, Iowa * Paducah, Kentucky, originally settled as Pekin * Pekin, Maryland * Pekin Township, Michigan *Pekin, New York, hamlet in town of Cambria, New York * Pekin, North Dakota *Pekin, Carroll County, Ohio *Pekin, Warren County, Ohio Animals *Red-billed leiothrix, or Pekin robin *American Pekin, an American breed of duck *German Pekin, a European breed of duck *Pekin (chicken), a breed of chicken People *Tim Pekin (born 1965), former Australian rules footballer *Vladimir Pekin (born 1986), Bulgarian footballer Other uses * HMS ''Mohawk'', a 1856 British gunvessel renamed ''Pekin'' in 1863 *'' Salix babylonica'', or Pekin willow See also * Pekin duck (other) Pekin duck may refer to: * American Pekin, ...
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Peking (other)
Peking is an alternate and mostly obsolete romanization of Beijing, the capital city of the People's Republic of China. Peking may also refer to: * ''Peking'' (ship), a 1911 German square-rigged sailing ship launched * 2045 Peking, an asteroid named for the city * SS ''City of Peking'', an 1874 American iron steamship built * Peking Plan, a 1939 operation in which three Polish Navy destroyers evacuated to the United Kingdom * Peking Man, formally ''Homo erectus pekinensis'', an ancient hominin * Local nickname of the Swedish town Norrköping See also * Pekingese * * Beijing (other) * Beijingese (other) * Pekin (other) * Pekin duck (other) Pekin duck may refer to: * American Pekin, an American breed of duck (the Pekin of the American Poultry Association) * German Pekin, a European breed of duck (the Pekin of the Poultry Club of Great Britain) * Peking duck, a Chinese duck dish * P ...