Beihai
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Definitions
- 1 A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, in southern China.
"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."
- 2 A lake in Beijing, China.
"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."
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More examples"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."
Etymology
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北海 (Běihǎi, literally “North Sea”).
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