Harbin

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Type Settlement

Usage Chinese

Scripts 哈尔滨(Chinese)

Meaning & History

The name of a city in north China.

Added 9/14/2022 by anonymous

Type Settlement

Usage Chinese, Manchu

Scripts 哈尔滨, 哈爾濱(Chinese) ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ(Manchu)

Pronounced Pron. [/hɑːrˈbɪn](Chinese) [hɑːrˈbiːn/](Manchu) [key·simplify]

Other Forms FormsHalbin

Meaning & History

From Harbin, meaning “drying fishnets”.

Added 2/1/2023 by flutter
Edited 2/1/2023 by flutter

Type Settlement

Usage Manchu, English

Scripts ᡥᠠᡵᠪᡳᠨ(Manchu)

Pronounced Pron. KHAR-PEEN(Manchu) /hɑːr.ˈbɪn/(English) /hɑːr.ˈbiːn/(English) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From a dialectal name meaning "(place of) drying fishnets" in Manchu, so named because the area was once a small fishing village. This is the name of a city in China.

Added 7/20/2023 by anonymous