Changpai

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See also: chǎngpái and Ch'ang-pai

English

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 長白长白 (Chángbái) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻang²-pai².

Proper noun

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Changpai

  1. Alternative form of Changbai
    • 1954 [1950 December], “List of Border Violations by United States Planes”, in Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments [Activities of United States Citizens in Red China] (Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Eighty-Third Congress Second Session on Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments)‎[1], number 23, Washington: Government Printing Office, sourced from China Monthly Review, →OCLC, pages 2013, 2014:
      At 15:07 hours on October 13, two American planes circled and reconnoitered over Yenkiang village of Changpai County of Liaotung Province. []
      At 15:30 hours on November 3, four American planes strafed and dropped 22 bombs over Malukou village of Pataokou of Changpai County; 55 houses were destroyed with heavy losses to the residents’ property.