Huaibei

See also: Huáiběi

English

Alternative forms

• Huaipei, Huai-pei (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 淮北 (Huáiběi).

Proper noun

Huaibei

1. A prefecture-level city in northern Anhui, China.
   • [1964, Yu-ti (任育地) Jen, “The Middle and Lower Yellow River Region”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China]‎^[1], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 122:

     The Yangtse and Huai Rivers cut through Anhwei, dividing it into three areas from north to south — Huaipei, Huainan and Wannan.
     The greater part of Huaipei, the area north of the Huai, consists of plain less than 50 metres above sea level. In the past it was almost all dry land, growing mainly wheat and sweet potatoes.]

   • [1970 July 6 [1970 July 5], “CHINESE MASSES WORK ON CANALS”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 October 2023, page 7‎^[3]:

     The biggest project completed this year was the construction of a 150‐mile waterway linking Honan, Anhwei and Kiangsu Provinces across the Huaipei Plain. […]
     The Huaipei plain project was launched in 1966, but in Hupeh Province 600,000 workers re portedly took only six months to build a 60 mile‐long canal.]

   • 2014 December 8, “5 Chinese students die after school wall collapses”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 12 March 2023‎^[5]:

     The wall fell on the schoolgirls as they gathered on the sidelines of an outdoor basketball game at Tongren Middle School in the city of Huaibei, the Anhui Administration of Work Safety said on its official website.

Translations

a prefecture-level city in eastern China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淮北 (zh) (Huáiběi)

• Japanese: 淮北 (わいほく, Waihoku)
• Korean: 화이베이 (Hwaibei)
• Russian: Хуайбэ́й m (Xuajbɛ́j)
• Vietnamese: Hoài Bắc

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Huaibei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1320, column 2
• “Huaibei, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Huaibei”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.