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Beizhili
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Běizhílì
English
Alternative forms
en Pechili Pecheli Pechele Peh-chih-li
en Petcheli Pe-tche-li Pe-tche-lee Postal
en Pei-chih-li Peichihli Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn 北直隸.
Pronunciation
bā′jœ′lē′
en Bei zhi li
Proper noun
en historical en former Chinese province of the Ming Dynasty which contained the capital of Beijing, later renamed Zhili by the Qing Dynasty, and reformed into Hebei province in 1928.
en Zhili
Further reading
Hopeh or Hopei 800 2 In 1421, when the Mings transferred their capital from Nanking to Peking, the prov. was named Chihli [Chinese, = directly ruled] or Pechili.