Ha'erbin

alternative also Haerbin · alternative Ha-erh-pin · alternative Ha-êrh-pin

1. Synonym of Harbin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

   "Where are they buried?" I asked. "In Ha'erbin," she said.

   2008, Wendy Lee, Happy Family, →ISBN, page 33

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   The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east.

   1979, Ronald Francis Price, Education in Modern China, Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93

   The Guomao Trading Town Company, contractor of the largest and centrally located shopping mall in Ha'erbin, had not paid a penny of taxes two years after its opening since 1992.

   2004, Yan Sun, “Between the State and Localities: The Regional Dynamics of Corruption”, in Corruption and Market Economy in China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 128–129

   Synonyms: Harbin