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Baisha
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báishā
English
Baisha Township, Penghu County
Alternative forms
en Pai-sha Paisha Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn 白沙 Báishā white sand.
Pronunciation
bīʹshäʹen 1952 Paisha Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1412 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1412/ 1
en ɑː 2
en Bai sha
Proper noun
en Li autonomous county p/Hainan c/China.
en town county/Minhou prefecture-level city/Fuzhou p/Fujian c/China.
en town district/Hanjiang prefecture-level city/Putian p/Fujian c/China.
en town district/Xinluo prefecture-level city/Longyan p/Fujian c/China.
en town county/Jishui prefecture-level city/Ji'an p/Jiangxi c/China.
en subdistrict county/Zhongmu prefecture-level city/Zhengzhou p/Henan c/China formerly a town.
en town county/Yichuan prefecture-level city/Luoyang p/Henan c/China.
en town county/Yangxin prefecture-level city/Huangshi p/Hubei c/China.
en town county/Xiaochang prefecture-level city/Xiaogan p/Hubei c/China.
en town county-level city/Changning prefecture-level city/Hengyang p/Hunan c/China.
en town county/Xinning prefecture-level city/Shaoyang p/Hunan c/China.
en town county/Luxi autonomous prefecture/Xiangxi p/Hunan c/China.
en town county-level city/Taishan prefecture-level city/Jiangmen p/Guangdong c/China.
en town county-level city/Leizhou prefecture-level city/Zhanjiang p/Guangdong c/China.
en town county-level city/Yingde prefecture-level city/Qingyuan p/Guangdong c/China.
en town county/Yangshuo prefecture-level city/Guilin autonomous region/Guangxi c/China.
en town county/Hepu prefecture-level city/Beihai autonomous region/Guangxi c/China.
en town county-level city/Guiping prefecture-level city/Guigang autonomous region/Guangxi c/China.
en town autonomous county/Fuchuan prefecture-level city/Hezhou autonomous region/Guangxi c/China.
en town district/Liujiang prefecture-level city/Liuzhou autonomous region/Guangxi c/China.
en town district/Jiangjin municipality/Chongqing c/China.
en town district/Nanchuan municipality/Chongqing c/China.
en town district/Shuangliu sub-provincial city/Chengdu p/Sichuan c/China.
en town county/Hejiang prefecture-level city/Luzhou p/Sichuan c/China.
en town county-level city/Wanyuan prefecture-level city/Dazhou p/Sichuan c/China.
en town county/Shiqian prefecture-level city/Tongren p/Guizhou c/China.
en town county/Qingshui prefecture-level city/Tianshui p/Gansu c/China.
en town autonomous county/Yulong prefecture-level city/Lijiang p/Yunnan c/China.
en island county/Penghu c/Taiwan.
en rural township county/Penghu c/Taiwan.
en 1979 July w:Cornelius C. Kubler Life in the Pescadores The Asia Mail https://archive.org/details/sim_asia-mail_1979-07_3_10/ 12 https://archive.org/details/sim_asia-mail_1979-07_3_10/page/n11/ 3 Until a few years ago, it was necessary to take a ferry to travel from one of the three to another, but the three big islands plus several smaller ones in between are today all interconnected by a vast network of bridges. The longest of these, connecting Baisha with Yuweng, is almost two miles in length and is the longest ocean bridge in the Far East.
en 2004 Phil Macdonald National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan w:National Geographic Society 9780792265559 54962554 195 The magnificent Tongliang Banyan, thought to be more than 200 years old, forms a huge and glorious canopy over the courtyard of Baoan Temple in the village of Tongliang, on Baisha's western tip.
en 12 September 2019 Yu-ching Liu; William Hetherington Penghu students create musical art from ocean trash w:Taipei Times https://web.archive.org/web/20190911215907/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/09/12/2003722149 11 September 2019 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/09/12/2003722149 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 4 https://archive.ph/5PyME While recycling plastic and other debris that washes up on beaches and turning them into art has become a trend in the county, the students at Niaoyu Elementary School in Baisha Township’s (zh 白沙) Niaoyu Islet (zh 鳥嶼) are the first to create a musical instrument out of trash.
en township county/Pu'an autonomous prefecture/Qianxinan p/Guizhou c/China.
en subdistrict district/Jiangbei sub-provincial city/Ningbo p/Zhejiang c/China.
en subdistrict district/Sanyuan prefecture-level city/Sanming p/Fujian c/China.
en subdistrict district/Pengjiang prefecture-level city/Jiangmen p/Guangdong c/China.
en subdistrict district/Jiangcheng prefecture-level city/Yangjiang p/Guangdong c/China.
en subdistrict district/Meilan prefecture-level city/Haikou p/Hainan c/China.
Translations
rural township in northern Penghu (the Pescadores)
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 白沙
Hokkien: nan-hbl 白沙 Pe̍h-soa
Mandarin: cmn 白沙 Báishā
Marathi: mr पाइशा
References
Further reading
Baisha, Paisha, Pai-sha
Anagrams
en aabhis Baha'is Bahá'ís Sahabi sahabi
en 2-syllable words