Tongbai

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 桐柏 (Tóngbǎi).

Pronunciation

• enPR: to͝ongʹbīʹ

Proper noun

Tongbai

1. A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
   • [1978 August 1 [1978 March], “Plant Fossils of Late Eocene From Wu-ch'eng, Honan and Their Significance in Botany and Paleoclimatology”, in People's Republic of China Scientific Abstracts‎^[2], number 195, →OCLC, page 23:

     This paper records some plant impressions from the Wu-li-tui formation of the Wu-ch'eng basin in T'ung-pai hsien, Honan. The xerophytic Palibinia and small leaves of various kinds of leguminous plants are predominant.]

   • [1979, International Minerals/Metals Review‎^[3], McGraw-Hill, →OCLC, page 19:

     A large deposit of high-grade natural soda reportedly has been found in Tungpai County of Honan Province, within the Paleogene system of Cenozoic rocks.]

   • 2013 August, Eileen De Guire, “State of raw materials 2013”, in American Ceramic Society Bulletin‎^[4], volume 92, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28:

     China recently announced discovery of a large trona deposit in Tongbai County, ranking it the largest trona deposit in Asia and second only to the Wyoming deposit.

   • 2022 August 23, Emily Chow, “China's Henan province ups gold resource at Laowan mine”, in Richard Pullin, editor, Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-07-14, COMMODITIES‎^[6]:

     The Laowan mine in Tongbai county produced 208 tonnes of gold between 2011 and 2019, the bureau said.
     Henan is China’s second-largest gold producing province after northeastern Shandong province.

   • 2023 August 26, Jack Lau, “Be alert: China enlists the public in push back at US spying efforts”, in South China Morning Post‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 August 2023, Politics‎^[8]:

     Another Douyin video, uploaded by the police department of Tongbai county in Henan province, showed a policewoman trying to identify spies by quizzing pedestrians about lines from sketch shows that only Chinese people – but not foreigners – would know.

Derived terms

• tongbaite

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 桐柏 (zh) (Tóngbǎi)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Baoting, boating