Subei

Su·bei
S1U1B3E1I1

proper noun

A Mongol autonomous county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Su-pei

  1. A Mongol autonomous county in Jiuquan, Gansu, China.

    CHINA Some of China's main nuclear facilities: Subei: Jiuquan Atomic Energy Complex, including plutonium production and weapons assembly.

    1998 May 14, Kenneth J. Cooper, “INDIA CONDUCTS 2ND ROUND OF NUCLEAR TESTS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2017
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    In western Gansu, including Subei and Minle Counties, the lower part of the Xiaoshihugou Formation contains purple-red, thick- to thin-bedded, fine-grained sandstone.

    1986, Mu En-zhi, A. J. Boucot, Chen Xu, Rong Jia-yu, Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32

    Twenty two people have been put in quarantine in Subei county near Jiuquan after a man died last week from pneumonic plague, the West China Business News reports. The national health authorities have sent experts to help deal with the case.

    2014 October 19, “Row over smoke from dog meat eatery; dad stabs son, 9, over bed-wetting; teens rescued from sex trade”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2014, China Insider

Origin

  1. Mandarin肅北 /肃北
  2. EnglishSubei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肅北 /肃北 (Sùběi).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 肅北 /肃北
  • 肅北 /肃北 (suk¹ bak¹)Mongol autonomous county in western China
Chinese Mandarin 肅北 /肃北
  • 肅北 /肃北 (Sùběi)Mongol autonomous county in western China

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MLA

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Chicago

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