Baiyang
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See also: báiyáng
English
Alternative forms
- Pai-yang (Wade–Giles)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白洋 (Báiyáng).
Alternative forms
- Paiyang (Postal Romanization)
Proper noun
Baiyang
- A lake in Baoding, Hebei, China.
- 1988 [1984], “Aquaculture”, in Sun Jingzhi, editor, The Economic Geography of China, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 294–295:
- Shandong has favourable conditions for production in its lakes whereas Henan is more suited to reservoir production. The production bases in Baiyang lake in Hebei province and in the outlying areas of Beijing and Tianjin are relatively well developed.
- 1994, Duo Duo, “Underground Poetry in Beijing 1970-1978”, in John Cayley, transl., Under-Sky Underground, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 97–98:
- We were all thirteen, successful entrants to Beijing's Number Three secondary school, class seven. We were all sent down to the countryside in Baiyang Lake in Hebei province at the beginning of 1969.
- 2009, Yong-Guang Zhou, Emily Ma, “Maintaining the Authenticity of Rural Tourism Experiences through Community Participation: The Case of Two Baiyang Lake Island Villages”, in Tourism in China, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 299:
- As the Pearl of Huanbei, Baiyang Lake has become a famous attraction for many, including past emperors since the Jin Dynasty. Historical records show that Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty visited Baiyang Lake on more than 40 occasions.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Baiyang.
- A town in Zhijiang, Yichang, Hubei, China.
Translations
town in central China
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Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 柏楊／柏杨 (Bǎiyáng).
Proper noun
Baiyang
- A subdistrict of Wuxi, Chongqing, China.
Translations
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