Bengbu

Beng·bu
B3E1N1G2B3U1
US/ˈbɛŋbu/

proper noun

A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

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BangfuPangfuPang-fouPang-pu
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Pengpu · alternative Peng-pu

  1. A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
    2 more examples

    The 2nd Army Group was to the west along the railroad to Kaifeng, while the 16th Army Group was situated to the south along the rail line to Pengpu (Peng-pu) on the Huai River.[…] Jiang’s last effort was to commit his Sixth Army from Pengpu, but its advance ground to a halt under fierce PLA guerrilla attacks.

    [2011, “Battle of Huaihai”, in Battles that Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 558–559

    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.

    2022 July 21, Ryan Woo, 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 Jul 2022, Finance

    Synonyms: Bangfu, Pangfu, Pang-fou, Pang-pu

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.

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BangfuPangfuPang-fouPang-pu
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Origin

  1. Mandarin蚌埠
  2. EnglishBengbu

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

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 蚌埠
  • 蚌埠 (pong⁵ fau⁶)city
Chinese Mandarin 蚌埠
  • 蚌埠 (Bèngbù, Bàngfù)city

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Cite this entry
APA

Bengbu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengbu

MLA

“Bengbu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengbu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bengbu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bengbu.

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