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Bei'an

Syllables: Bei·an/(ˈ)beɪˈɑn/

Bei'an proper noun: a county-level city of Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.

Proper noun

Bei'an

  1. A county-level city of Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.
    • Inside back: Wheat harvest at the Pei-an County State Farm, Heilungkiang province.[1972 January, China Reconstructs, volume XXI, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1
    • Han and originally from Bei’an, a city further south in Heilongjiang known for its high-security jail, large psychiatric facility and a preponderance of criminal gangs, he was now running his own English school in Heihe.2014, David Eimer, “Along the Amur”, in The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 297

Forms of Bei'an

alternative formBeian

Origin of Bei'an

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北安 (Běi'ān).

Questions about Bei'an

What does Bei'an mean?
Bei'an means a county-level city of Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.
What part of speech is Bei'an?
Bei'an is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bei'an?
Bei'an is pronounced /(ˈ)beɪˈɑn/.

Words near Bei'an in the dictionary

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  2. Behymer
  3. Behymers
  4. Behçet's disease
  5. Behçet's syndrome
  6. Bei'an
  7. Beian
  8. Beibei
  9. Beica de Jos
  10. Beichen
  11. Beida

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