Baiquan

See also: báiquán

English

Alternative forms

• Paichuan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白犬.

Proper noun

Baiquan

1. Former name of Juguang.
   • 2007, Z. Y. Jing et al., “Numerical Study on the Coastal Upwelling and Its Seasonal Variation in the East China Sea”, in Journal of Coastal Research‎^[1], →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 560, column 2:

     The upwelling centres of Fujian coast are mostly nearby the Baiquan Archipelago at 120°15′E 26°N, of which the positions generally move southwards in relation to that in summer and the phenomena are similar with that in winter.

   • [2007, 文化資產宣導推廣活動示範行‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:

     Jyuguang used to be named "Baicyuan" (White Dog Village) because two islands of it look like dogs lying in the sea. Considering the inadequate of the name, the name of the village was renamed Jyuguang in 1971. The name was given by late President Chiang Kai-shek following the old saying "Wu Wang Tsai Jyu" which means that "Don't forget the Jyu Country".

     莒光鄉原名白犬鄉，因某個角度視之，整個島嶼狀似「犬」而得名。 […] 由于名字不雅,民国六十年(1971)十月,经行政院核定名為更莒光鄉， […] 係先總統蔣公命名，寓意「毋忘在莒」。

     (Note: Baicyuan is the Tongyong Pinyin-derived name for Baiquan.)]

   • 2015, Weichung Cheng, “Sailing from the China Coast to the Pescadores and Taiwan: A Comparative Study on the Resemblances in Chinese and Dutch Sailing Patterns”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient‎^[3], →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 311:

     The new directions also stipulated that when the captain departed from Mejima Island (女島) outside the Nagasaki port, he should set his course to Southwest until the Baiquan Islands was in sight (白犬, named ”Baboxin” or “Crocodile” by the Dutch). He should then turn south, and go on sailing until the coast of Taiwan was in sight. He should see a highland landscape at the coast of Erlin.

   • 2021, Wei-Ping Lin, “Forbidden Outpost”, in Island Fantasia: Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan‎^[4], Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35:

     The British Navy provided more information about navigation in the sea of Fujian, including entries about Baiquan (now called Juguang), Nangan, and Beigan (S. Li 2006: 98). […] Ships could obtain small amounts of freshwater in Baiquan and hire pilots capable of navigating ships to the Min River during ebb tide.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Baiquan.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 拜泉.

Proper noun

Baiquan

1. A county of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.
   • 1983, Liu Binyan, “People or Monsters?”, in James V. Feinerman, Perry Link, transl., edited by Perry Link, People or Monsters? And Other Stories and Reportage from China after Mao‎^[5] (Chinese Literature), Bloomington: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:

     Zhang was a solidly built, middle-aged man, with a pair of big, thick-soled feet. In 1945 he had walked all the way from Yan'an to Baiquan County in Heilongjiang.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拜泉 (zh)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baiquan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 280, column 1

Further reading

• Baiquan, Paichuan, Pai-ch'uan, Pai-chuan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.