Baicheng

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白城 (Báichéng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɪ.t͡ʃɛŋ/, /-t͡ʃɪŋ/, /-t͡ʃʌŋ/

Proper noun

Baicheng

1. A prefecture-level city in Jilin, China, formerly a prefecture
   • [1991, “Pai-ch’eng”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica‎^[1], 15th edition, volume 9, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 62, column 2:

     Pai-ch’eng, also called T’AO-AN, Pinyin BAICHENG or TAOAN, city, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region (tzu-chih-ch’ü), China. It is a county-level municipality (shih) and the administrative centre of Pai-ch’eng Prefecture (ti-ch’ü).]

   • 1995, John W. Longworth, Colin G. Brown, “Testing Times”, in Agribusiness Reforms in China: The Case of Wool‎^[2], 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^[3], archived from the original on 26 June 2022, Investment Services‎^[4]:

     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^[5], archived from the original on 10 January 2020‎^[6]:

     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

prefecture-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白城 (zh) (Báichéng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baicheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 277, column 3