Pekingese
noun, adjective
Pekingese is spelled P-E-K-I-N-G-E-S-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Pekingese means “A small toy dog from China” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Pekingese is Pekingeses.
How many letters and syllables are in Pekingese?
| Letters | 9: P-E-K-I-N-G-E-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Pekingese?
Pekingese appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Pekingese?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Pekingese.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Pekingese
- Pekingeses plural
- Pekinese
- Pekingnese
- pekinese
- pekingese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Pekingese mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small toy dog from China.
- 2
datedSynonym of Beijinger (“person from Beijing”).
adjective
- 1
of or related to Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pekingese in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pékinois, pékinoise , pékinais |
| German | Pekingese, Pekingesin, Pekinese, Pekinesin, Peking-Palasthund, Peking-Palasthündin |
| Portuguese | pequinês |
| Spanish | pekinés |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Pekingese come from?
From Peking + -ese; Peking is the Postal Map romanization of Beijing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).