Meanings
alternative dated Peiping duck · alternative uncommon Beijing duck
- uncountableA Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.
During out third day in Peking, we received word that Premier Chou En-lai would have dinner with us. We sat in a banquet room in the Great Hall of the People and enjoyed a fabulous meal of Peking duck.
1980, Gerald Ford, A Time to Heal, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 941 more example
As restaurants in the Chinese capital drift in the doldrums of a COVID ban on dining in, one eatery manager and his army of chefs have set up stalls on the pavement to keep alive some of the old magic and drum up sales of their big seller, Peking duck.[…]"Our Peking duck sales have even gone up," Zheng, 35, told Reuters outside his restaurant as a queue of customers waited.
2022 May 18, Thomas Suen Suen, Ryan Woo, Ellen Zhang, “COVID or no COVID, Beijing diners won't be denied their Peking duck”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2022, China
Origin
Calque from Chinese 北京烤鴨／北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā). Same as Peking + duck.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan ànec de Pequín, ànec pequinès
- ànec de Pequíndish consisting of duck and pancake
- ànec pequinèsdish consisting of duck and pancake
- ànec lacat a la pequinesadish consisting of duck and pancake
- ànec lacatdish consisting of duck and pancake
- ànec a la pequinesadish consisting of duck and pancake
Chinese Cantonese 北京填鴨 /北京填鸭, 片皮鴨 /片皮鸭
- 北京填鴨 /北京填鸭dish consisting of duck and pancake
- 片皮鴨 /片皮鸭dish consisting of duck and pancake
Chinese Mandarin 北京烤鴨 /北京烤鸭, 北平烤鴨 /北平烤鸭
- 北京烤鴨 /北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā)dish consisting of duck and pancake
- 北平烤鴨 /北平烤鸭 (Běipíng kǎoyā)dish consisting of duck and pancake
Czech pekingská kachna
- pekingská kachnadish consisting of duck and pancake
Dutch pekingeend
- pekingeenddish consisting of duck and pancake
Esperanto pekina anaso
- pekina anasodish consisting of duck and pancake
Estonian Pekingi part
- Pekingi partdish consisting of duck and pancake
Finnish Pekingin ankka
- Pekingin ankkadish consisting of duck and pancake
French canard laqué de Pékin, canard laqué
- canard laqué de Pékindish consisting of duck and pancake
- canard laquédish consisting of duck and pancake
German Pekingente
- Pekingentedish consisting of duck and pancake
Hungarian pekingi kacsa
- pekingi kacsadish consisting of duck and pancake
Icelandic pekingönd
- pekingönddish consisting of duck and pancake
Indonesian bebek Peking
- bebek Pekingdish consisting of duck and pancake
Italian anatra laccata alla pechinese, anatra laccata
- anatra laccata alla pechinesedish consisting of duck and pancake
- anatra laccatadish consisting of duck and pancake
- anatra alla pechinesedish consisting of duck and pancake
Japanese 北京ダック
- 北京ダック (Pekin dakku)dish consisting of duck and pancake
Korean 북경오리, 베이징오리
- 북경오리 (Bukgyeong'ori)dish consisting of duck and pancake
- 베이징오리 (Beijing'ori)dish consisting of duck and pancake
- 북경 오리구이 (Bukgyeong origu'i)dish consisting of duck and pancake
- 베이징 오리구이 (Beijing origu'i)dish consisting of duck and pancake
- 베이징 카오야 (Beijing kaoya)dish consisting of duck and pancake
Malay itik Peking, itik panggang Peking
- itik Pekingdish consisting of duck and pancake
- itik panggang Pekingdish consisting of duck and pancake
Norwegian Bokmål pekingand
- pekinganddish consisting of duck and pancake
Persian مرغابی پکن, اردک پکن
- مرغابی پکن (morġâbi pekan)dish consisting of duck and pancake
- اردک پکن (ordak pekan)dish consisting of duck and pancake
Polish kaczka po pekińsku
- kaczka po pekińskudish consisting of duck and pancake
Portuguese pato à Pequim, pato assado de Pequim
- pato à Pequimdish consisting of duck and pancake
- pato assado de Pequimdish consisting of duck and pancake
Russian пеки́нская у́тка, у́тка по-пеки́нски
- пеки́нская у́тка (pekínskaja útka)dish consisting of duck and pancake
- у́тка по-пеки́нски (útka po-pekínski)dish consisting of duck and pancake
Spanish pato laqueado a la pekinesa, pato laqueado
- pato laqueado a la pekinesadish consisting of duck and pancake
- pato laqueadodish consisting of duck and pancake
- pato a la pekinesadish consisting of duck and pancake
- pato pekinésdish consisting of duck and pancake
Swedish pekinganka, Beijing-anka
- pekingankadish consisting of duck and pancake
- Beijing-ankadish consisting of duck and pancake
Tagalog bibing Peking, patong Peking
- bibing Pekingdish consisting of duck and pancake
- patong Pekingdish consisting of duck and pancake
Thai เป็ดปักกิ่ง
- เป็ดปักกิ่ง (bpèt bpàk-gìng)dish consisting of duck and pancake
Turkish Pekin ördeği
- Pekin ördeğidish consisting of duck and pancake
Ukrainian пекі́нська ка́чка
- пекі́нська ка́чка (pekínsʹka káčka)dish consisting of duck and pancake
Vietnamese vịt quay Bắc Kinh
- vịt quay Bắc Kinhdish consisting of duck and pancake
Cite this entry
Peking duck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peking%20duck
“Peking duck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peking%20duck. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Peking duck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Peking%20duck.
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