Bengbu

Bengbu

See also: Bèngbù

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Pengpu, Peng-pu

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 蚌埠 (Bèngbù).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛŋbu/

Proper noun

Bengbu

1. A prefecture-level city in Anhui, China.
   • 2021 May 20, “Discover Bengbu: A Shining Pearl by Huaihe River”, in AP News, PR Newswire, China Daily‎, archived from the original on 14 June 2022:

     Bengbu in northern Anhui province is often dubbed “Pearl City” as it was once a beautiful pearl fishing spot.
     Bengbu has been a railway hub in East China since 1911. The city is also the largest port along the 1,000-kilometer Huaihe River, which divides southern and northern China.

   • 2022 July 21, Woo, Ryan; Samuel Shen, “China to repay more depositors to defuse rural bank scandal”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman; Simon Cameron-Moore, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 25 July 2022, Finance:

     Individuals with deposits of up to 100,000 yuan ($14,787) will be repaid, the Henan branch of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) and the provincial financial bureau said in a joint statement.
     Authorities in Anhui's Bengbu city made a similar statement, saying it will start repaying clients at a bank there with deposits of 50,000-100,000 yuan.

Synonyms

• Bangfu, Pangfu
• Pang-fou, Pang-pu

Translations

city

Chinese: Mandarin: 蚌埠 (zh) (Bèngbù, Bàngfù)

Further reading

• “Bengbu”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Bengbu”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Bengbu” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

Anagrams

• bebung