Changpai

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See also: chǎngpái and Ch'ang-pai

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Changpai

  1. Alternative form of Changbai
    • 1954 [1950 December], “List of Border Violations by United States Planes”, in Interlocking Subversion in Government Departments (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)‎, 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.