Baoding

American  

[bou-ding] / ˈbaʊˈdɪŋ /

Or Paoting

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in central Hebei province, in northeastern China.

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Baoding British  

/ ˈbaʊˈdɪŋ /

noun

1. Former name: Ch'ing-yüan.   Tsingyuan.  a city in NE China, in N Hebei province. Pop: 810 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Chai Lihong, another passenger, was travelling to her son-in-law's home in Hebei's Baoding city.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Baoding prefecture, which administers Zhuozhou, said hundreds of bridges and hundreds of kilometres of rural roads had been water-damaged, with direct economic losses reaching nearly 17 billion yuan as of Saturday.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

The death toll in the 11 million-strong city of Baoding reached 10 while another 18 people are still missing, local authorities said Saturday.

From Washington Times • Aug. 5, 2023

Baoding, a city of 12 million people in north-central China, had to suspend most bus service last week.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023

Before the pandemic, Zhang would visit her parents in the northern city of Baoding from Austria every year.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023