Pronunciation of Beijing

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> Prior to that, of course, the older Wade-Giles transliteration
> <Peking> had been misinterpreted according to English spelling
> rules as /piykIng/ (here /ng/ indicates the velar nasal only).

Wade-Giles romanization is "Peiching."  "Peking" is an old
postal spelling predating Wades-Giles which, along with
"Canton" and "Nanking" and others, are roman transliterations
based on Southern Chinese pronunciations.  I'm no authority,
but it seems that they survived the "Wade-Giles era" through
force of use.

Don