Paoting

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Baoding (in Hebei). alt-of, alternative

    "Ting Hsien is one of the outstandingly rich districts of Hopei; Paoting may be better considered as representative of the agrarian condition on the plain of this province. A rural survey of Paoting was carried out by the National Research Institute of Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, in co-operation with the Peiping Institute of Social Research."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of Baoting (in Hainan). alt-of, alternative

    "HAINAN COUNTY FLOODS—The leadership organs at all levels in Paoting County adopted emergency measures to reduce the losses caused by typhoons and rainstorms to the minimum and tried by every way possible to reap n bumper harvest."

Example

More examples

"Ting Hsien is one of the outstandingly rich districts of Hopei; Paoting may be better considered as representative of the agrarian condition on the plain of this province. A rural survey of Paoting was carried out by the National Research Institute of Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, in co-operation with the Peiping Institute of Social Research."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 保定 (Bǎodìng).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 保亭 (Bǎotíng).

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