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- Peking is an older English spelling of the name of the Chinese capital city, Beijing12. It was formed by the old British-run, Hong Kong-based Chinese postal system2. The name Peking is the postal romanization of the same two characters as they are pronounced in Chinese dialects spoken in the southern port towns first visited by European traders and missionaries1.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.
An older English spelling, Peking is the postal romanization of the same two characters as they are pronounced in Chinese dialects spoken in the southern port towns first visited by European traders and missionaries.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeijingPeking former transliteration of the name of the Chinese capital city, now (in the pinyin system) called Beijing. In the Wade-Giles system it was Peiping; the form Peking pre-dates Wade-Giles and was formed by the old British-run, Hong Kong-based Chinese postal system.www.etymonline.com/word/Peking Peking | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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