Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Qinhuangdao.
A 221‐mile oil pipeline has been completed from the North China port of Chinhuangtao to Peking, the official Hsinhua news agency reported today.
1975 July 9 [1975 July 8], “China Completes Pipeline”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2024, page 642 more examples
By using the struggle between the two lines as the key link in carrying out the party's general line of "go all out, aim high, and achieve greater, faster, better and more economical results in developing socialism" and by fully mobilizing the masses to fight a large-scale people's war, the party committee of the command of the newly built Peishan powerplant in Chinhuangtao, Hopei Province, has taken only 8 months and 12 days to complete the construction of its first generating unit, which began to generate power in March this year, thus saving the state some 1.05 million yuan in investment funds.
1972 June 16 [1972 June 14], “Persist in the Correct Line, Develop the Power Industry”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 118, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: North Region, page F 1In Funing county of Hopei province, in the opposite direction to Chinhuangtao, if you go from Peitaiho, we saw then a reservoir built in 1959 to tame the Yangho River which had been a menace in the past.
1978 December, Ruth Weiss, “Peitaiho—Vistas from a Seaside Resort”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVII, number 12, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1
Origin
- Mandarin秦皇島 /秦皇岛
- EnglishChinhuangtao
From Mandarin 秦皇島 /秦皇岛 (Qínhuángdǎo) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin²-huang²-tao³.
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