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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
by 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 agoSimilar 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