Example sentences for: peking

How can you use “peking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In Tsim Sha Tsui, Ned Kelly’s Last Stand on Ashley Road is an Aussie institution; Delaney’s, 71-77 Peking Road, is one of Hong Kong’s enduring Irish pubs.

  • Peking Man, a forebear of Homo sapiens, achieved a mastery of fire.

  • The Peking Man Museum is located 50 km (31 miles) southwest of Beijing in the village of Zhoukoudian, whose name has become synonymous with Chinese paleontology.

  • (To the right of each place name, we also provide the spelling by which it was known in the old Wade-Giles system of romanization: for example, “Peking” instead of “Beijing.”)

  • In 1898, under the Convention of Peking, China leased the New Territories and 235 more islands to Britain for what then seemed an eternity — 99 years.


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