Bei'an

Bei·an
/(ˈ)beɪˈɑn//-æn/

proper noun

A county-level city of Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.

OriginMandarin 北安 →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Beian

  1. A county-level city of Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.

    Inside back: Wheat harvest at the Pei-an County State Farm, Heilungkiang province.

    [1972 January, China Reconstructs, volume XXI, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1
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    Han and originally from Bei’an, a city further south in Heilongjiang known for its high-security jail, large psychiatric facility and a preponderance of criminal gangs, he was now running his own English school in Heihe.

    2014, David Eimer, “Along the Amur”, in The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 297

Origin

  1. Mandarin北安
  2. EnglishBei'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北安 (Běi'ān).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 北安
  • 北安 (bak¹ on¹)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 北安
  • 北安 (Běi'ān)county-level city
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