Bishan

Bi·shan
B3I1S1H4A1N1
/ˈbiːʃɑːn/

proper noun

A planning area and residential town in Singapore.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

Bishan1

proper noun
  1. A planning area and residential town in Singapore.

Bishan2

proper noun

alternative Pishan

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.

    In continuation of such statements, China became the first country in the world to establish a state-funded SBSP base plant in Chongqing's Bishan district in 2019.

    2020, Namrata Goswami, Peter A. Garretson, Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space, Lexington Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 202
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    These considerations led recently to a decision to remove the Institute to Pishan county in Szechwan, where, as the Institute of Rural Research and Training, it plans to collaborate closely with the Mass Education Movement, and resume cooperation on a university basis with its member institutions.

    [1940, “Report of Work in China”, in The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report 1939, New York, page 363

    When by 1958 it was announced that Pishan County in Szechwan had 113 local mimeographed papers, this trend was praised in Peking: "If the articles are about local persons and local happenings, the masses like to read them."

    [1979, Lynn T. White III, “Local Newspapers and Community Change, 1949-1969”, in Godwin C. Chu, Francis L. K. Hsu, editors, Moving a Mountain: Cultural Change in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102

    The virus was detected on a farm with 23 pigs in Chongqing’s Bishan district, infecting eight animals and killing three, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.

    2018 December 18, Tom Daly, “China agriculture ministry confirms new African swine fever outbreak in Chongqing”, in David Evans, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2022, Non-cyclical Consumer Goods

Origin

Bishan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin碧山
  2. EnglishBishan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 碧山 (Bìshān).

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Bishan · proper noun

  1. Mandarin璧山
  2. EnglishBishan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 璧山 (Bìshān).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 璧山
  • 璧山 (Bìshān)district

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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