Comments on: Beijing vs Peking

By: Paul Rolf Jensen

Paul Rolf Jensen — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:54:20 +0000

The commies want us to stop using the historic transliteration; therefore we should continue to call Peking, “Peking”, and continue to pray for the day that the ruthless dictatorship is overthrown and freedom is restored to that land.

By: writing from beijing

writing from beijing — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:12:07 +0000

Sorry, I’m going with Shirin on this one. What do you make of Nanjing? The old, European pronounciation for Nanjing was “Nanking”. This is also a Cantonese derivative, just like Peking. (king is the cantonese word for capital, jing is the manadarin). Your argument that “Pékin” is found in old text is just an interesting fact that doesn’t really lend support to your argument because it still could have been a Cantonese derivative. Occam’s razor says you’re expanation is not the right one.

By: Lilli Lee

Lilli Lee — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:36:28 +0000

Can we still order Peking Duck or do we need to change to Beijing Duck?