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		naniwaduni on Jan 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft confirms Bing is down in China > Moreover, as it's normally pronounced by westerners, Bing would most likely map to "bing1" anyway. Sounds more like bing4 to my ear, but see for yourself: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Zh-bing1... (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bing1#Mandarin) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Zh-b%C3%... (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%ACng#Mandarin)

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