Ha'erbin

See also: Haerbin and Hā'ěrbīn

English

Alternative forms

• Haerbin (also from Hanyu Pinyin)
• Ha-erh-pin, Ha-êrh-pin (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 哈爾濱／哈尔滨 (Hā'ěrbīn).

Proper noun

Ha'erbin

1. Synonym of Harbin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1979, Ronald Francis Price, Education in Modern China‎^[1], Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93:

     The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east.

   • 2004, Yan Sun, “Between the State and Localities: The Regional Dynamics of Corruption”, in Corruption and Market Economy in China‎^[2], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 128–129:

     The Guomao Trading Town Company, contractor of the largest and centrally located shopping mall in Ha'erbin, had not paid a penny of taxes two years after its opening since 1992.

   • 2008, Wendy Lee, Happy Family‎^[3], →ISBN, page 33:

     "Where are they buried?" I asked.
     "In Ha'erbin," she said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ha'erbin.

Translations

Harbin — see Harbin

Anagrams

• Bahrein