北平

Etymology
From +, used in the sense of pacified or conquered territory.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Beiping/Peiping
 * 2)   Beiping/Peiping
 * 1)   Beiping/Peiping

Usage notes
In the third sense, the most common English usage is Peiping, Pei-ping, or Pei-p'ing, all based on the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese characters which was more commonly used in English during this period of Chinese history.

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * , a former name of Beijing.

Usage notes
Note that Chinese sources use Beiping for the name of Beijing during its Japanese occupation amid the Second Sino-Japanese War; Japan, however, formally restored the name Beijing (北京, Pekin) during this period in an attempt to legitimize the Chinese state it established there.