Baicheng
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白城 (Báichéng).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Baicheng
- A prefecture-level city in Jilin, China
- 1995, John W. Longworth, Colin G. Brown, “Testing Times”, in Agribusiness Reforms in China: The Case of Wool[1], CAB International, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89:
- In Baicheng Prefecture of Jilin Province, the entire wool clip is sold directly to wool processors on a clean-yield basis.
- 2009 July 15, “HK, Shanghai shares buoyed by U.S., China optimism”, in Reuters[2], archived from the original on 26 June 2022, Investment Services[3]:
- China WindPower Group 0182.HK climbed 3.2 percent after it said it had entered into an agreement to be granted exclusive rights to develop wind power projects with a capacity of 1,500 megawatts in Baicheng, in the Jilin province.
- 2017 January 12, “Asphyxiated newborn survives after 350-km rescue mission”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency[4], archived from the original on 10 January 2020[5]:
- Little Lu Chenchen failed to breathe and his heart beat only ten times a minute when he was born at 12:10 pm on Jan 6 in a hospital in Baicheng City, Jilin Province.
Translations edit
prefecture-level city
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baicheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 277, column 3