Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Benxi.
I took a train to Pen-hsi, because my brother had said he was thinking of taking the entrance exam for Northeastern University. When I arrived in Pen-hsi, I went to the university and asked all around, in the offices, at the military unit, and so forth.
1992, Ch'en Hsueh-chao, “A Young Nurse in Manchuria”, in Li Yu-ning, editor, Chinese Women Through Chinese Eyes, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 2501 more example
It should be emphasized that while the even operation of the furnaces was preserved, the smelting intensity for coke was also significantly increased. Thus, in the factory at Pen-hsi in the fourth quarter of 1958, the intensity was 1.4 t/m5, and in April and May 1959, it was 1.55 t/m2.
1960 July 22 [1959], Achievements of Blast Furnace Operators in the People's Republic of China, →OCLC, page 3
Origin
- Mandarin本溪
- EnglishPen-hsi
From Mandarin 本溪 (Běnxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Pên³-hsi¹.
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