🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
ふぃきん【北京】 : fikin | define meaning
fikin
Pronunciation: [ɸikiŋ̍]
Definition
Name
- (Place) Beijing; Peking
Etymology
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Pekin. Péking".
- 沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「ひきん」北京（ペキン）、支那、都".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 北京 |
| Kana | ふぃきん |
| New Okinawa Moji | 懲きん |
| Romanization | fikin |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [ɸikiŋ̍] |
意味：ペキン【北京】、ペキンし【北京市】
Categories:
北京
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2025, December 12). ふぃきん【北京】 : fikin | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, March 12, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/7723/fikin/.