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Qinhuangdao

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[chin-hwahng-dou] / ˈtʃɪnˈʰwɑŋˈdaʊ /
(Older Spelling) Chinwangtao or Chinhuangtao

noun

Pinyin.
  1. a seaport in northeastern Hebei province, in northeastern China, on the Bohai.


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The accident occurred Saturday afternoon outside the city of Qinhuangdao near the coast of Hebei province, a few hour’s drive from the capital Beijing.

From Seattle Times Apr. 13, 2024

She sniggers at her boyfriend who teases her as she lines up her shot at a snooker hall in Qinhuangdao, just a few hours' drive from Beijing.

From BBC Jan. 3, 2024

“I called the government hotline of my hometown and they said I can go back, as long as my health code is green,” said Sun Jinle, a bank employee from Qinhuangdao, east of Beijing.

From Seattle Times Jan. 28, 2022

Then in 2012, his superiors at a police department in Qinhuangdao, a coastal city in Hebei Province, uncovered his website and he resigned.

From New York Times Dec. 16, 2016

Two of the other ships ordered re-possessed by DVB are anchored off Iran, while the fourth has been held in the northern Chinese port of Qinhuangdao.

From Reuters Jan. 29, 2013

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