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Chengbei
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English
Alternative forms
en Ch’eng-pei Wade-Giles
Pronunciation
en /t͡ʃɛŋ.beɪ/ /t͡ʃʌŋ-/ /t͡ʃɑŋ-/ /t͡ʃæŋ-/, chǔngʹbāʹ
en Cheng bei
Etymology 1
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 城北.
Proper noun
en district prefecture-level city/Xining p/Qinghai c/China.
en subdistrict county-level city/Yingcheng prefecture-level city/Xiaogan p/Hubei c/China.
en village subdistrict/Zhucheng district/Xinzhou sub-provincial city/Wuhan p/Hubei c/China.
Translations
a subdistrict in central China; a village in central China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 城北
Mandarin: cmn 城北 Chéngběi
Japanese: ja
Etymology 2
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 埕北.
Proper noun
en oil field sea/Bohai Sea c/China An.
en 1984 Chae-Jin Lee China and Japan: New Economic Diplomacy https://archive.org/details/chinajapanneweco0000leec/ Hoover Institution Press 0-8179-7971-9 84-6602 915739010 2844569M 84–85 https://archive.org/details/chinajapanneweco0000leec/page/84/ (The Chengbei oilfield in the western Bohai Sea covered a small area of 24 km2.)[...]The issue of contractual format did not arise with regard to Chengbei because there was no risk in developing a previously verified oilfield.
en 1986 Shengzhen Zhao Energy and Society Stephen E. Guisinger The United States and China: A New Era in Economic Relations https://archive.org/details/unitedstateschin0000unse_a2y7/ Auburn House Publishing Company 0-86569-143-6 86-3564 260100260 23 https://archive.org/details/unitedstateschin0000unse_a2y7/page/23/ The Chengbei oil field contains reserves adequate to produce at a peak rate of 10,000 barrels per day.
en 1990 Alfred K. Ho Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China: Can Capitalism and Communism Coexist? https://archive.org/details/jointventuresinp0000hoal/ w:Praeger 0-275-93433-0 90-7369 933809011 61 https://archive.org/details/jointventuresinp0000hoal/page/61/ In February 1980 another agreement was signed between the two countries for the development of the Chengbei oil field in the western Bohai Gulf where the Chinese had done earlier exploration work.
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Translations
oil field
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 埕北
Mandarin: cmn 埕北 Chéngběi
Japanese: ja
Anagrams
en bceeghin Beeching
en Oceanography