Boao

See also: boao and Bo'ao

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 博鰲／博鳌 (Bó'áo), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).

Proper noun

Boao

1. Alternative spelling of Bo'ao
   • 2002 April 19, Jiang Zhong, “Beautiful Boao Bids for Attention”, in Beijing Today‎^[1], →OCLC, page 16:

     The city of Boao (博鳌) entered the limelight during the recent Boao Forum for Asia.
     Situated on the east coast of China’s Hainan Island, Boao is where the East Asian and Southeast Asian economic zones meet in the heart of the Asia Pacific Rim.

   • 2005, David Allan, editor, China‎^[2], 4th edition, Fodor's, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 415:

     Jade Belt Beach, at the mouth of the river, is unusual; it has seawater on one side and freshwater on the other. The old town of Boao, about 5 km (3 mi) away, is quiet but useful for basic shopping. The nearest city, Qionghai, is 16 km (10 mi) away.

   • 2013 April 7, Jane Perlez, Choe Sang-Hun, “China Hints at Limits to North Korea Actions”, in New York Times‎^[3], archived from the original on 07 April 2013, Asia Pacific:

     “No one should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain,” Mr. Xi said in a speech at an annual regional business forum in Boao, China.

   • 2014, Xi Jinping, The Governance of China, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:

     The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization with a fixed conference date and a fixed address. It was founded in Boao, Hainan Province, China, on February 27, 2001.

   • 2021 March 19, Twinnie Siu, “China to crack down on use of leanness enhancers in cattle and sheep”, in Kirsten Donovan, editor, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 21 March 2021, Currencies‎^[6]:

     Villagers on an electric bike herd their cattle along a road in the town of Boao in Qionghai, Hainan province, China August 11, 2018.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Boao.

Usage notes

Boao can be considered a misspelling of Bo'ao. In theory, a syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)) should be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with a, o, or e. Hence, Boao is not allowed since a word made up of bo and ao would be spelled as Bo'ao (cf. Bo'ao) and a word made up of bo, a and o would be spelled as Bo'a'o. In practice, syllable-dividing marks are often added or omitted at will.

Translations

Bo'ao — see Bo'ao

Further reading

• Bo'ao, Boao at Google Ngram Viewer

French

Proper noun

Boao ?

1. Alternative spelling of Bo’ao
   • 2021, Frédéric Lemaître, Au Forum économique de Boao, Xi Jinping promeut une mondialisation aux caractéristiques chinoises, Lemonde.fr (20 April 2021);

     Quarante-huit heures avant le sommet sur le climat organisé par Joe Biden, le président chinois, Xi Jinping, n’a pas eu un mot ni pour cet événement ni pour son homologue américain, mardi 20 avril, en inaugurant – par vidéo – le 20e Forum de Boao, ce « Davos chinois » organisé, depuis 2001, sur l’île de Hainan, dans le sud du pays.

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