Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Ha'erbin (Harbin)
In 1896 the Tsarist government proposed extending the Trans-Siberian Railway across Manchuria with a supplementary line from Haerbin to Port Arthur.
1990, Harriet Sergeant, Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 222 more examples
Yabuli Ski Resort near Haerbin, a thriving northern city about 1,000 kilometres from Beijing, is another top ski resort in China.[...] The closest airport to Yabuli is Mudanjiang, which can be reached by a one-and-a-half hour flight from Beijing. Or, you can choose to land in the larger airport in Haerbin for a sightseeing trip first.
2004 December 24, Arron Chang, Hester Xu, “Cold Mountain Pleasure”, in Beijing Today, number 186, →OCLC, page 16* China confirmed on Monday a new African swine fever outbreak in Heilongjiang province, the agriculture ministry said in a statement published on its website * The new case, found on two pig farms in the city of Haerbin, the capital of the northeastern province, killed 269 of the animals, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said
2018 November 19, Hallie Gu, Dominique Patton, “China confirms new African swine fever outbreak in Heilongjiang province”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022, Consumer Products & Retail News
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 哈爾濱／哈尔滨 (Hā'ěrbīn), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
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