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Jiangbei

Syllables: Jiang·bei/ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌbeɪ/

Jiangbei proper noun: a district of Chongqing, China.

Proper noun

Jiangbei

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • Eight areas had been set aside, he said, for the reception of these refugees in Chungking and Chiangpei, a neighboring town actoss the Kialiang River, a tributary of the Yangtse.[1938 June 18, “Growing U.S. Sympathy for China Seen in Mounting Contributions for Relief”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 85, number 3, →OCLC, page 84, column 2
    • In 1891 she had an urgent message from the chief magistrate in the city of Chiangpei, opposite Chungking at the mouth of the Chialing river. His wife was seriously ill, but he would only allow a woman to help. The city gates were kept open late for her, a special four-bearer chair, with runners...[1988, Charles Tyzack, “The Liverpool of West China”, in Friends to China: The Davidson Brothers and the Friends' Mission to China 1886 to 1939, York, England: William Sessions Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC...

Examples of Jiangbei in a sentence

  • In the Jiangbei district, work on a high-rise apartment complex called Zhujiang Taiyang is under way.2007 June 1, Howard W. French, “Big, Gritty Chongqing, City of 12 Million, Is China’s Model for Future”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
  • On April 28, 2011, the People's Court of Jiangbei District, Chongqing decided not to sue Li Zhuang and announced the decision to Li Zhuang.2016, Jiang Ping, “Dilemma and Breakthrough for China's Rule of Law: Reflection on Several Issues About the Legal System Construction of...

Forms of Jiangbei

alternative formChiang-pei

Origin of Jiangbei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江北 (Jiāngběi).

Questions about Jiangbei

What does Jiangbei mean?
Jiangbei means a district of Chongqing, China.
How do you use Jiangbei in a sentence?
In the Jiangbei district, work on a high-rise apartment complex called Zhujiang Taiyang is under way.
What part of speech is Jiangbei?
Jiangbei is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jiangbei?
Jiangbei is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌbeɪ/.

Words near Jiangbei in the dictionary

  1. Jiang
  2. jiang hu
  3. Jiang Su
  4. Jiang Xi
  5. Jiang'an
  6. Jiangbei
  7. Jiangdong
  8. Jianghan
  9. Jiangjin
  10. jiangjun
  11. Jiangkou

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