> Moreover, as it's normally pronounced by westerners, Bing would most likely map to "bing1" anyway. Sounds more like bing4 to my ear, but see for yourself: h

> Moreover, as it's normally pronounced by westerners, Bing would most likely map to "bing1" anyway. Sounds more like bing4 to my ear, but see for yourself: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Zh-bing1.ogg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Zh-bing1... (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bing1#Mandarin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bing1#Mandarin) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Zh-b%C3%ACng.ogg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Zh-b%C3%... (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%ACng#Mandarin https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%ACng#Mandarin)