See Also: Peking(dictionary)
Peking(dictionary)
PEKING APPAREL(finance)
Beijing (Peking)(tourism)
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian(tourism)
Peking Union Medical College Hospital(health)
Peking-style duck with udon noodle soup(recipes)

Peking (iou)



Peking noun. . L18.
[French pekin from Peking (Beijing), the capital of China.]
a. A type of silk. L18.
b. = Peking duck (a) below. L19.
c. A type of Chinese rug or carpet. E20.
Among French soldiers: a civilian. slang (derog.). obsolete exc. Hist. E19.
Comb.: Peking duck (a) (a bird of) a breed of large white duck with yellow bill and legs, imported from China to Britain and the US in 1873; (b) a Chinese dish consisting of strips of roast duck served with shredded vegetables, sauce, etc.; Peking man a fossil hominid described in 1926 from remains found in caves in China and now usu. classed as Homo erectus; Peking opera a stylized form of opera dating from the late 18th cent. in China, in which speech, singing, mime, and acrobatics are performed to an instrumental accompaniment. Peking robin an Asian babbler, Leiothrix lutea, with grey upperparts and red and yellow underparts, which has a loud melodious song and is popular as a cage-bird (esp. in China).
Peking'ology noun the study of Chinese politics or current affairs M20.