Baqiao

English

Alternative forms

• Pa-ch'iao (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 灞橋／灞桥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑːˈt͡ʃjaʊ/

Proper noun

Baqiao

1. A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1972 June, “Who Invented Paper?”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXI, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, columns 1–2:

     In 1957 several dozen pieces of coarse paper were found in a Han dynasty tomb in Pachiao near Sian in Shensi province.]

   • 1983, “Author's Biographies”, in Helen Siu, Zelda Stern, editors, Mao's Harvest: Voices from China's New Generation‎^[2], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page Ii:

     Chen Zhongshi was born in 1942 in a village near Sian, Shanxi province.[...]He is at present working at the Cultural Center, Baqiao district, Sian.

   • 2007, Annette L. Juliano, “Buddhist Sculpture and the Beilin Collection: A Perspective”, in Buddhist Sculpture from China: Selections from the Xi’an Beilin Museum: Fifth through Ninth Centuries‎^[3], New York: China Institute, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9, column 1:

     The drapery details around the ankles are also similar to the flattened and scalloped drapery visible at the ankles of the five monumental Buddhas recently unearthed in Wanzi village, in the Baqiao district of Xi’an (see Zhao Liguang’s essay, figs. 1-4, 5).

   • 2008, Li Wei [李维], “Study on Development of Vegetable Industry in Xinzhu [新筑蔬菜产业发展研究]”, in Northwest A&F University‎^[4] (Thesis), archived from the original on September 8, 2024‎^[5]:

     In this paper, situation and trend of vegetable industry in Xinzhu subdistrict Baqiao district Xi’an city were analyzed, development course of the industry after liberation was briefly reviewed, current situation and main achievements were studied as well as main problems by means of literature consulting, area investigation, units inquiry and statistical analysis.

     本文采用查阅资料、实地调查、走访单位、统计分析的方法,分析了国内外蔬菜产业发展现状与趋势,简要回顾了西安市灞桥区新筑街道办建国后蔬菜产业发展历程,研究了新筑蔬菜产业发展现状和取得的主要成效,分析了新筑蔬菜产业发展中存在的突出问题。

   • 2011 September 18, “10 killed in NW China's rain-triggered landslide”, in China Daily‎^[6], archived from the original on 24 September 2011‎^[7]:

     Excavators work during a rescue operation at the site where a landslide occurred in Baqiao District of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, Sept. 18, 2011.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灞橋／灞桥 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can