Baqiao
Syllables: Ba·qiao/ˌbɑːˈt͡ʃjaʊ/
Baqiao proper noun: a district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Proper noun
Baqiao
- A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
- In 1957 several dozen pieces of coarse paper were found in a Han dynasty tomb in Pachiao near Sian in Shensi province.[1972 June, “Who Invented Paper?”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXI, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, columns 1–2
- Chen Zhongshi was born in 1942 in a village near Sian, Shanxi province.[...]He is at present working at the Cultural Center, Baqiao district, Sian.1983, “Author's Biographies”, in Helen Siu, Zelda Stern, editors, Mao's Harvest: Voices from China's New Generation, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page Ii
Forms of Baqiao
| alternative form | Pa-ch'iao |
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Origin of Baqiao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 灞橋 /灞桥.
Questions about Baqiao
- What does Baqiao mean?
- Baqiao means a district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
- What part of speech is Baqiao?
- Baqiao is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Baqiao?
- Baqiao is pronounced /ˌbɑːˈt͡ʃjaʊ/.
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