Baoji

See also: Bǎojī

English

Alternative forms

• Pao-chi (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶雞／宝鸡 (Bǎojī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊˈd͡ʒiː/

Proper noun

Baoji

1. A prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, China.
   • 2009 August 17, “Protesters storm plant after children are poisoned”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 October 2010, China‎^[2]:

     She had paid for a blood test herself because she was over 14 years old, the government cut-off for free tests, Xinhua said. Its reporters could not reach her family and neighbours said Ma had been sent to hospital in nearby Baoji city.

   • [2016, Bill Porter, “Leaving Town”, in The Silk Road: Taking the Bus to Pakistan‎^[3], Counterpoint, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28:

     We went to visit the sights, of which Paochi had a few. In fact, one of China’s oldest neolithic villages is inside the city: Peishouling, and it dates back 7,000 years.]

Translations

prefecture-level city in western China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶雞／宝鸡 (zh) (Bǎojī)

• Hungarian: Paocsi (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baoji”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 308, column 2

Anagrams

• bijao, jiboa