proper noun/peˈkin/
Beijing (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)
Related: aquí y en Pekín, pekinés
From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 北京 (Běijīng), reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Compare Portuguese Pequim, English Peking, Tagalog Peking.