This is an old English name for the city we now call Beijing, the capital of China. English used Peking for hundreds of years, so you still meet it on old maps, in older books, and in a few names that never fully changed: Peking duck, Peking opera, and Peking University, which kept the old spelling in English.

This is an old English name這是一個舊的英文名字for the city we now call Beijing指的是我們現在叫Beijing的那座城市，the capital of China中國的首都。English used Peking for hundreds of years英文用Peking這個拼法用了好幾百年，so you still meet it on old maps, in older books所以你還是會在舊地圖和舊書裡碰到它，and in a few names that never fully changed還有在一些沒有完全改掉的名字裡：Peking duck, Peking opera, and Peking University像Peking duck（北京烤鴨）、Peking opera（京劇）、Peking University（北京大學），which kept the old spelling in English這些在英文裡保留了舊拼法。

The city did not move and the Chinese name 北京 did not change; English only changed the way it wrote the sounds. The older spelling kept a k from an older Mandarin pronunciation; modern Beijing writes that part more like an English j.

The city did not move這座城市沒有搬過，and the Chinese name 北京 did not change中文名字北京也沒有變；English only changed the way it wrote the sounds只是英文改變了寫這個音的方式。The older spelling kept a k from an older Mandarin pronunciation舊拼法保留了較舊的國語發音裡的k音；modern Beijing writes that part more like an English j現代的Beijing則把那個部分寫得比較接近英文的j。

Though actually, students sometimes mix this up with Beiping (北平), a different Chinese name the city used in the early twentieth century. That is a Chinese renaming story, not this English spelling.

Though actually不過其實，students sometimes mix this up with Beiping (北平)學生有時候會把它跟北平（Beiping）搞混，a different Chinese name the city used in the early twentieth century那是這座城市在二十世紀初用過的另一個中文名字。That is a Chinese renaming story那是中文改名的故事，not this English spelling不是這個英文拼法的事。

In new English, say Beijing unless you are using one of those frozen old names.

In new English在現代英文裡，say Beijing要說Beijing，unless you are using one of those frozen old names除非你用的是那些固定下來的舊名字。