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Paichuan

Paichuan is the alternative form of Baiquan.

Meaning of Baiquan

Proper noun (1)

Baiquan

  1. Former name of Juguang.
    • The upwelling centres of Fujian coast are mostly nearby the Baiquan Archipelago at 120°15′E 26°N, of which the positions generally move southwards in relation to that in summer and the phenomena are similar with that in winter.2007, Z. Y. Jing et al., “Numerical Study on the Coastal Upwelling and Its Seasonal Variation in the East China Sea”, in Journal of Coastal Research, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 560, column 2

Proper noun (2)

Baiquan

  1. A county of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China.
    • Zhang was a solidly built, middle-aged man, with a pair of big, thick-soled feet. In 1945 he had walked all the way from Yan'an to Baiquan County in Heilongjiang.1983, Liu Binyan, “People or Monsters?”, in James V. Feinerman, Perry Link, transl., edited by Perry Link, People or Monsters? And Other Stories and Reportage from China after Mao (Chinese...

Origin of Paichuan

Borrowed from Mandarin 白犬 Wade–Giles romanization: Pai²-chʻüan³.

Questions about Paichuan

What is Paichuan the alternative form of?
Paichuan is the alternative form of Baiquan.

Words near Paichuan in the dictionary

  1. paiban
  2. Paibian
  3. paich
  4. paiche
  5. paiches
  6. Paichuan
  7. paick
  8. paicks
  9. paid
  10. paid a visit
  11. paid attention

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Paichuan (page history and authors); Baiquan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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