Beibei
See also: Bèibei
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 北碚 (Běibèi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɪˈbeɪ/
Proper noun
Beibei
- A district of Chongqing, China.
- [1941, Anor Lin, “Sung Dugout”, in Dawn Over Chungking, New York: John Day Company, OCLC 483279305, page 87:
- "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads.]
- 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, OCLC 671253768, OL 9952934M, page 94:
- Jinyun Mountain Scenic Area is located along the banks of the Jialang River at Wentang Gorge in the Beibei District, 37 miles from downtown Chongqing.
- 2012, Wedeman, Andrew, Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2011037091, OCLC 1001600786, page 169:
- Mao Jianping, the deputy director of the municipal procuratorate, and Zhao Wenrui, the head of the Beibei district, were detained at the same time on suspicion of conspiring to protect Chongqing’s network of gangsters.
- 2013 January 25, Hornby, Lucy, “China busts sex video blackmailers who targeted officials”, in Jon Hemming, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 22 June 2022, World News:
- Late last year, graphic video footage of the party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district in a rendezvous with a young woman was widely circulated on the Chinese internet. The official, Lei Zhengfu, was later sacked.
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Translations
district
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