Baishui
See also: báishuǐ
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 白水 (Báishuǐ).
Proper noun
Baishui
- A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
- [1977, Ikonnikov, Alexander B., The Coal Industry of China, →ISBN, OCLC 4146499, page 98:
- The Geological Survey of China wrote in 1945 that at the Hsinsheng Colliery in Shensi Province (a small colliery in Paishui County) "miners hired by a contractor work 12 hour shifts, during which they are not allowed to stop work, except for relieving themselves; they have no days off and only a week's holiday a year" [88, p.325].]
- 2015, Tang Lu, “Experience: Understanding and Reporting India”, in Robin Jeffrey; Ronojoy Sen, editor, Media at Work in China and India: Discovering and Dissecting, SAGE Publishing, →ISBN, LCCN 2015024100, OCLC 911518762, page 101:
- It was my good fortune around this time also to be selected as vice-governor for a year in Baishui county, recognized as a Chinese National Poverty County, located in Shaanxi province of China.
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Translations
county
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