Etymology

Pei-ching

Mandarin 北京
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  1. Mandarin · derived from北京
  2. English todayPei-ching

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.