Beihai

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See also: bèihài and Běihǎi

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Part of the Nine Dragon Wall in Beihai Park

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Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin[1] 北海 (Běihǎi, literally “North Sea”).

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Beihai

  1. A prefecture-level city in Guangxi, in southern China.
    • , 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.
    • , 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.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Pakhoi”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1412, column 3:Mandarin Peihai (bāʹhīʹ)

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