Beibei

See also: Bèibei

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北碚 (Běibèi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪˈbeɪ/

Proper noun

Beibei

1. A district of Chongqing, China.
   • [1941, Anor Lin, “Sung Dugout”, in Dawn Over Chungking‎^[1], New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 87:

     "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads.]

   • 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China‎^[2], HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 94:

     Jinyun Mountain Scenic Area is located along the banks of the Jialang River at Wentang Gorge in the Beibei District, 37 miles from downtown Chongqing.

   • 2012, Andrew Wedeman, Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China‎^[3], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 169:

     Mao Jianping, the deputy director of the municipal procuratorate, and Zhao Wenrui, the head of the Beibei district, were detained at the same time on suspicion of conspiring to protect Chongqing’s network of gangsters.

   • 2013 January 25, Lucy Hornby, “China busts sex video blackmailers who targeted officials”, in Jon Hemming, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 22 June 2022, World News‎^[5]:

     Late last year, graphic video footage of the party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district in a rendezvous with a young woman was widely circulated on the Chinese internet. The official, Lei Zhengfu, was later sacked.

   • 2013 June 16, Flourishing Musical Goddess_76635, quotee, “Chinese Voice Anger and Nostalgia Over Urbanization”, in The New York Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-11, Asia Pacific:

     On May 16, 2013, the government in Xiema Town in Beibei District, Chongqing, had over 100 police officers forcibly demolish my home. My mother was injured so badly that she’s now in the hospital.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北碚 (zh) (Běibèi)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Beibei”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 359, column 1