Pekingese

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proper noun

The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.

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BeijingeseBeijingneseBeijingerBeijingPeipingPekinPekingPekinese
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Pekinese · alternative Pekingnese · alternative pekinese · alternative pekingese

  1. The Beijing dialect of Chinese, as distinct from standardized Mandarin.
nounPekingese (plural Pekingeses or Pekingese)

plural Pekingeses · alternative Pekinese · alternative Pekingnese · alternative pekinese · alternative pekingese

  1. A small toy dog from China.
  2. datedSynonym of Beijinger (“person from Beijing”).

    Synonyms: Beijinger

adjective

alternative Pekinese · alternative Pekingnese · alternative pekinese · alternative pekingese

  1. of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China

    Synonyms: Beijing, Peiping, Pekin, Peking

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Beijinger (“person from Beijing”).

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Beijinger

adjectiveof or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China

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BeijingPeipingPekinPeking
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BeijingeseBeijingnese
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BeijingeseBeijingnese

More synonyms by meaning

nouna Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle

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PekinesePeke
Broader
toy dogtoy
Also see
beijingerbeijingesepeke

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Peking + -ese; Peking is the Postal Map romanization of Beijing.

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Translations

Bulgarian пекинез, пекински
  • пекинез (pekinez)dog
  • пекински (pekinski)of or related to Beijing
Chinese Mandarin 北京狗, 哈巴狗
  • 北京狗 (Běijīng gǒu)dog
  • 哈巴狗 (hǎbāgǒu)dog
  • 京巴犬 (Jīngbāquǎn)dog
  • 北京 (Běijīng)of or related to Beijing
  • 北京的 (Běijīngde)of or related to Beijing
Dutch pekinees
  • pekineesdog
Finnish kiinanpalatsikoira, pekingeesi
  • kiinanpalatsikoiradog
  • pekingeesidog
French pékinois, pékinoise
  • pékinoisdog
  • pékinoisedog
  • pékinoisof or related to Beijing
  • pékinaisof or related to Beijing
German Pekingese, Pekingesin
  • Pekingesedog
  • Pekingesindog
  • Pekinesedog
  • Pekinesindog
  • Peking-Palasthunddog
  • Peking-Palasthündindog
  • Pekingpalasthunddog
  • Pekingpalasthündindog
  • Pekingerof or related to Beijing
  • Peking-of or related to Beijing
  • pekingischof or related to Beijing
  • pekingesischof or related to Beijing
Greek πεκινουά
  • πεκινουά (pekinouá)dog
Hungarian pekingi palotakutya, pekingi palotakutyácska
  • pekingi palotakutyadog
  • pekingi palotakutyácskadog
  • palotapincsidog
  • pekingidog
  • pekingiof or related to Beijing
Irish Peicinís
  • Peicinísdog
Japanese ペキニーズ
  • ペキニーズ (pekinīzu)dog
Korean 페키니즈
  • 페키니즈 (pekinijeu)dog
Malay anjing Peking, asu Peking
  • anjing Pekingdog
  • asu Pekingdog
  • Pekingdog
  • anjing Beijingdog
  • asu Beijingdog
  • Beijingdog
Polish pekińczyk
  • pekińczykdog
Portuguese pequinês, pequinês
  • pequinêsdog
  • pequinêsof or related to Beijing
Romanian pechinez
  • pechinezdog
Russian пекине́с
  • пекине́с (pekinɛ́s)dog
Spanish pekinés, pekinés
  • pekinésdog
  • pekinésof or related to Beijing
Vietnamese chó Bắc Kinh, chó sư tử
  • chó Bắc Kinhdog
  • chó sư tửdog
  • phúc cẩudog

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Pekingese

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Cite this entry
APA

Pekingese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pekingese

MLA

“Pekingese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pekingese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pekingese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pekingese.

Source: Pekingese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.