Baofeng

Bao·feng
B3A1O1F4E1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Pao-feng · alternative Paofeng

  1. A county of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.

    The 12 were repairing a shaft at a colliery in Henan province's Baofeng county when an explosion tore through the pit on Friday.

    2007 September 4, “Rescuers pull 12 bodies from China coal mine”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023, Latest Crisis
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    News also had been received of a rising at Pao-feng, twenty-three miles west, where the people were mid to be looting the granaries of the wealthy.

    [1901, Marshall Broomhall, quoting C. Howard Bird, “My Escape from Siang-Ch’eng”, in Martyred Missionaries of the China Inland Mission, →OCLC, →OL, page 244

    According to the annotations by Tu Yü (杜預), the state of Ying lay to the southwest of present-day Pao Fêng (寶豐) County in Central Honan.

    [1960, Mo Jo Ko, “Notes on the Ying Chien Hsien”, in Acta Archaeologica Sinica, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8

    In late July Father set off from Baofeng County, Henan Province, where the Central Plains Field Army was stationed, to attend the meeting in Xibaipo in his capacity as first secretary of the Central Plains Bureau.

    1995 [1993], Maomao (Xiao Rong) Deng, Deng Xiaoping: My Father, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 427

Origin

  1. Mandarin寶豐 /宝丰
  2. EnglishBaofeng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶豐 /宝丰 (Bǎofēng).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 寶豐 /宝丰
  • 寶豐 /宝丰 (Bǎofēng)county
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APA

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Chicago

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