Dianbai

alternative Tien-pai · alternative Tienpai

1. A district and former county of Maoming, Guangdong, China.

   The typhoon will hit the area between Wanning City in east Hainan Province and Dianbai County in west Guangdong Province from Sunday night.

   2003 August 24, “Typhoon Krovanh Approaches South China Provinces”, in People's Daily Online

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   Situated in the southwest of Guangdong Province, Dianbai County is bordered by Yangxi County in the east, Yangchun City in the northeast, Gaozhou City in the northwest, Maoming City in the west, Wuchuan City in the southwest, and the South China Sea in the south.

   1998, Bo Weikang, “Dianbai County (Guangdong Province)”, in Chinese Education & Society, volume 31, number 4, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022

   After July 7, Dianbai become synonymous with another trend in China: widespread cheating on entrance examinations.[…] In Dianbai, shops openly sold or rented pagers that could receive exam answers and display them on their screens.

   2000 August 8, John Pomfret, “China Finds Rampant Cheating on College Test”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017

   There was paperwork to sign and a weekend to contend with before a day of travel from Beijing to Dianbai, the town the orphanage was in. When the bus arrived in Dianbai the orphanage director got on the bus and said we should go to our hotel in Maoming and the girls would be brought to us.

   2003, Richard Mintzer, Yes, You Can Adopt!: A Comprehensive Guide to Adoption, Carroll & Graf Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201

   Synonyms: Tinpak