Huaibin

English

Alternative forms

• Huai-pin (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 淮濱 / 淮滨.

Proper noun

Huaibin

1. A county of Xinyang, Henan, China.
   • [1963, Survey of China Mainland Press‎^[1], numbers 2889-2909, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

     (2) Huaipin hsien is restored; its present administrative area is the administrative area of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Hsi hsien and the two administrative areas of Ch'issu and Changchuang ch'u of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Kushih hsien.]

   • 1985, John Cleverley, 中國培訓人才之道 [The Schooling of China: Tradition and modernity in Chinese education]‎^[2], George Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 261:

     In Huaibin County a rich peasant who had earned 9000 yuan in 1981-82 paid for a new primary school and supported two teachers.

   • 1995 [1982], Jean-Luc Domenach, “The First Leftist Excesses and Their Consequences (Summer 1955-Winter 1956)”, in A M Berrett, transl., The Origins of the Great Leap Forward: The Case of One Chinese Province [Aux origines du Grand Bond en avant]‎^[3], Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:

     Xinyang special region received 1,200-1,400 mm of rain between June and August 1956: 280,000 homes were destroyed and 3.2 million peasants (out of a total of almost 6 million) were left homeless. In the most affected county in the special region and the province, Huaibin, 60 percent of the total surface area was covered by floods and 230,000 out of 440,000 inhabitants left homeless; grain production fell by 66 percent in 1956 and the authorities had to send large amounts of relief.

   • 2009 June 8, “Mainland wages hi-tech war in bid to foil examination cheats”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 October 2023‎^[5]:

     Luo Ping, an English teacher at the No2 Senior Middle School in Huaibin county, Henan , said: 'We have radio signal blockers installed around all the test centres in the county, although test cheats are not so popular here.'

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Huaibin.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淮濱 / 淮滨 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can