Baicheng

Bai·cheng
B3A1I1C3H4E1N1G2
/baɪ.t͡ʃɛŋ//-t͡ʃɪŋ//-t͡ʃʌŋ/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China, formerly a prefecture.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China, formerly a prefecture.

    In Baicheng Prefecture of Jilin Province, the entire wool clip is sold directly to wool processors on a clean-yield basis.

    1995, John W. Longworth, Colin G. Brown, “Testing Times”, in Agribusiness Reforms in China: The Case of Wool, CAB International, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 89
    3 more examples

    Pai-ch’eng, also called T’AO-AN, Pinyin BAICHENG or TAOAN, city, Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region (tzu-chih-ch’ü), China. It is a county-level municipality (shih) and the administrative centre of Pai-ch’eng Prefecture (ti-ch’ü).

    [1991, “Pai-ch’eng”, in The New Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, volume 9, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 62, column 2

    China WindPower Group 0182.HK climbed 3.2 percent after it said it had entered into an agreement to be granted exclusive rights to develop wind power projects with a capacity of 1,500 megawatts in Baicheng, in the Jilin province.

    2009 July 15, “HK, Shanghai shares buoyed by U.S., China optimism”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2022, Investment Services

    Little Lu Chenchen failed to breathe and his heart beat only ten times a minute when he was born at 12:10 pm on Jan 6 in a hospital in Baicheng City, Jilin Province.

    2017 January 12, “Asphyxiated newborn survives after 350-km rescue mission”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2020

Origin

  1. Mandarin白城
  2. EnglishBaicheng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白城 (Báichéng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 白城
  • 白城prefecture-level city
Chinese Mandarin 白城
  • 白城 (Báichéng)prefecture-level city
Japanese 白城
  • 白城prefecture-level city

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Cite this entry
APA

Baicheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baicheng

MLA

“Baicheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baicheng. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Baicheng,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baicheng.

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