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Dianbai

Syllables: Dian·bai

Dianbai proper noun: a district and former county of Maoming, Guangdong, China.

Proper noun

Dianbai

  1. A district and former county of Maoming, Guangdong, China.
    • Situated in the southwest of Guangdong Province, Dianbai County is bordered by Yangxi County in the east, Yangchun City in the northeast, Gaozhou City in the northwest, Maoming City in the west, Wuchuan City in the southwest, and the South China Sea in the south.1998, Bo Weikang, “Dianbai County (Guangdong Province)”, in Chinese Education & Society, volume 31, number 4, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022
    • After July 7, Dianbai become synonymous with another trend in China: widespread cheating on entrance examinations.[…]
    • In Dianbai, shops openly sold or rented pagers that could receive exam answers and display them on their screens.2000 August 8, John Pomfret, “China Finds Rampant Cheating on College Test”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017
    Synonyms:
    Tinpak

Examples of Dianbai in a sentence

  • There was paperwork to sign and a weekend to contend with before a day of travel from Beijing to Dianbai, the town the orphanage was in.2003, Richard Mintzer, Yes, You Can Adopt!: A Comprehensive Guide to Adoption, Carroll & Graf Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201:
  • The typhoon will hit the area between Wanning City in east Hainan Province and Dianbai County in west Guangdong Province from Sunday night.2003 August 24, “Typhoon Krovanh Approaches South China Provinces”, in People's Daily Online:

Synonyms of Dianbai

Forms of Dianbai

alternative formTien-pai
alternative formTienpai

Origin of Dianbai

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 電白／电白 (Diànbái).

Words that rhyme with Dianbai

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Questions about Dianbai

What does Dianbai mean?
Dianbai means a district and former county of Maoming, Guangdong, China.
How do you use Dianbai in a sentence?
There was paperwork to sign and a weekend to contend with before a day of travel from Beijing to Dianbai, the town the orphanage was in.
What part of speech is Dianbai?
Dianbai is a proper noun.

Words near Dianbai in the dictionary

  1. Diana's tree
  2. Dianagate
  3. dianalytic
  4. Dianamania
  5. Dianas
  6. Dianbai
  7. Dianchi Lake
  8. DIAND
  9. diandrian
  10. diandric
  11. diandrous

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