Bei'an

See also: beian, běi'àn, bèi'àn, and Běi'ān

English

Alternative forms

• Beian

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北安 (Běi'ān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)beɪˈɑn/, /-æn/, enPR: bāʹänʹ

Proper noun

Bei'an

1. A county-level city in Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.
   • [1972 January, China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XXI, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Inside back: Wheat harvest at the Pei-an County State Farm, Heilungkiang province.]

   • 2014, David Eimer, “Along the Amur”, in The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China‎^[2], Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 297:

     Han and originally from Bei’an, a city further south in Heilongjiang known for its high-security jail, large psychiatric facility and a preponderance of criminal gangs, he was now running his own English school in Heihe.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北安 (zh) (Běi'ān)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bei’an”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 359, column 1