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Guess what? You're pronouncing Beijing wrong

// video added June 13, 2008 // 2 comments //

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http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/china/2008/06/how-to-pronounc.html

Here's how to do it right, courtesy of, er-hem, "two Chinese characters."

I'm pretty sure the internet was made for videos like this.

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- Finally someone sets the record straight.
  Hearing people say Beijing with a soft "j" makes me cringe.
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  sloan
- For the record I was saying "bay-zhing" because it, uh, sounded more foreign that way.
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