Bishan

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːʃɑːn/, enPR: bēʹshänʹ

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 碧山.

Proper noun

Bishan

1. A planning area and residential town in Singapore.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 璧山 (Bìshān).

Alternative forms

• Pishan

Proper noun

Bishan

1. A district of Chongqing, China.
   • [1940, “Report of Work in China”, in The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report 1939‎^[2], New York, page 363:

     These considerations led recently to a decision to remove the Institute to Pishan county in Szechwan, where, as the Institute of Rural Research and Training, it plans to collaborate closely with the Mass Education Movement, and resume cooperation on a university basis with its member institutions.]

   • [1979, Lynn T. White III, “Local Newspapers and Community Change, 1949-1969”, in Godwin C. Chu, Francis L. K. Hsu, editors, Moving a Mountain: Cultural Change in China‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102:

     When by 1958 it was announced that Pishan County in Szechwan had 113 local mimeographed papers, this trend was praised in Peking: "If the articles are about local persons and local happenings, the masses like to read them."]

   • 2018 December 18, Tom Daly, “China agriculture ministry confirms new African swine fever outbreak in Chongqing”, in David Evans, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 20 June 2022, Non-cyclical Consumer Goods:

     The virus was detected on a farm with 23 pigs in Chongqing’s Bishan district, infecting eight animals and killing three, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.

   • 2020, Namrata Goswami, Peter A. Garretson, Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space‎^[5], Lexington Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 202:

     In continuation of such statements, China became the first country in the world to establish a state-funded SBSP base plant in Chongqing's Bishan district in 2019.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 璧山 (zh) (Bìshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: पिशान m (piśān)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bishan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 437, column 1

Anagrams

• Bhasin, ash-bin, ashbin, banish, bash in, bashin', nisbah