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Beijing sometimes romanized as Peking I didn't know that...

• runn1ng 13y ago
  Sorry, it is written like that in my language and I didn't realize it's wrong in English; I corrected that
  • tehwalrus 13y ago
    The only time I've heard it used in English recently is at Chinese restaurants, where the popular dish is still called "Peking Duck". Beijing is much closer to the Mandarin pronouciation, bei3 jing1, meaning "north capital." (there is also a Nanjing, "south capital.")
    • yareally 13y ago
      Similar to Beijing, Nanjing was once pronounced as "Nanking" in the West. Some historical events, such as the Nanking Incident[1], still reference that pronunciation to avoid confusion. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Incident
  • yareally 13y ago
    Both names have been correct at some point in history. In some areas, both are still used, depending on whom one asks and who is doing the naming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Postal_Map_Romanization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Postal_Map_Romanization http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/11/chinese_transliteration http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2010/11/chinese_trans...
  • GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
    No need to apologise! I learnt something