Meanings
- A district of Tianjin, China.
Monday’s fire occurred in the Beichen district, an area far closer to the urban core of Tianjin.
2015 October 12, Michael Forsythe, “China: Fire Strikes Tianjin, 2 Months After Fatal Blast”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2015, Asia Pacific1 more example
The new report said 413 million yuan spent on train windshields was wasted when design specifications were changed in March 2011, three months before the line opened.[…] It found that Beichen district government in Tianjin had 340 million yuan in its own accounts instead of being paid promptly in compensation for land procured for the railway.
2012 March 19, Zhou Xin, Nick Edwards, “China audit details fraud, waste at Beijing-Shanghai railway”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2024, World
Origin
- Mandarin北辰
- EnglishBeichen
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北辰 (Běichén).
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Chinese Cantonese 北辰
- 北辰 (bak¹ san⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 北辰
- 北辰 (Běichén)district
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Beichen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beichen
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