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Pei-ching

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  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Beijing (capital of China). alt-of, alternative, uncommon

    "At Canton we have Anglicized the native word into something attainable by English tongues, nor do we talk of Ning-poh ; let us not be driven into calling Pekin, Pei-ching, as the latest vocabulary has it, for, even if we did, no Chinaman would understand us."

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 北京 (Pei³-ching¹).

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