Nanking

== English == === Etymology === From the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 南京, reinforced by Postal Romanization from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. === Pronunciation === enPR: nǎnʹkǐngʹ, IPA(key): /nænˈkɪŋ/, /nɑnˈkɪŋ/ === Proper noun === Nanking Alternative form of Nanjing. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nanking. ==== Coordinate terms ==== Peking ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: nankingensis === References === === Further reading === “Nanking, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Nanking”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. Medhurst, Walter Henry (1848), English and Chinese Dictionary‎[21], volume 2, Shanghae (Shanghai): Mission Press, →OCLC, page 939 Medhurst, Walter Henry (1842), Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing All the Words in the Chinese Imperial Dictionary, Arranged According to the Radicals‎[22], volume 1, Parapattan, Batavia (Jakarta), page 6