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• Pei-hai (obs.)

語源

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北海 (Běihǎi, literally “North Sea”).

発音

• enPR: bāʹhīʹ

固有名詞

Beihai

1. A prefecture-level city in Guangxi, in southern China.
   • [1968, Theodore Shabad, “PEI-HAI”, in Encyclopedia Britannica‎, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 529, columns 1-2:

     The port was opened to foreign trade by the Chefoo Convention of 1876, and in the succeeding period a considerable traffic was developed by coolies and transport animals between Pei-hai and the Hsi Chiang Valley of Kwangsi Province.]

   • 2014 September 28, “4 boys in China drown while searching for eggs”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 22 June 2022‎:

     The city of Beihai in the southern province of Guangxi said in a statement online that the four boys — three of them aged 12 and one of them 11 — were searching in a city bay Saturday afternoon when they drowned.

2. A lake in Beijing, China.
   • [1978, Chih-yen Hsia, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking‎, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 311:

     The pure waters of the Northern Lake (Pei-hai) originated in the Jade Spring Mountain and passed through the long Grand Canal and flowed through Shih-ch'a Lake. Then it fed into the Central Lake (Chung-hai) and the Southern Lake (Nan-hai), all the way to the Tung-tzu River.]

   • 2006 September 3 [2006 July 26], Lili, quotee, “The Frugal Traveler Sees the World”, in The New York Times‎, National edition, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on January 18, 2023, Section 5/Travel, page 1‎:

     Beijing is changing fast to get ready for the Olympics -- definitely wander the hutongs before they are demolished. If you're looking for a cheap place to stay run by the nicest of people, try Downtown Backpackers (No. 85, Nanluogu Alley, Dongcheng District). It's in the middle of a nice little hutong area a short walk from the Houhai/Beihai Lakes area.

同意語

• (from Cantonese, Guangxi) Pakhoi, Pak-hoi, Pak Hoi

関連する語

• Zhongnanhai

参照

Further reading

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