Baoshan

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See also: bǎoshān

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Baoshan Prefecture in Yunnan

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Etymology 1

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The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保山 (Bǎoshān).

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Baoshan

  1. A prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China.
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Etymology 2

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Baoshan District in Shanghai

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶山宝山 (Bǎoshān, literally Treasure Hill), named for an artificial hill raised around 1412 by Chen Xuan to host signal fires.

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Baoshan

  1. (historical) A hill in Shanghai, China.
  2. A district of Shanghai, China.
    • 2017 June 26, “Australia's Crown Resorts staff face trial in China”, in France 24[2], archived from the original on 26 June 2017[3]:
      The accused arrived at the Baoshan District Court in Shanghai in the morning and a tribunal officer told AFP that a verdict may be issued later on Monday, but it was up to the judge.
    • 2022 April 29, Agnes Chang, Amy Qin, Isabelle Qian, Amy Chang Chien, “Under Lockdown in China”, in The New York Times[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-29[5]:
      The Times found and analyzed three different angles of videos capturing a demonstration in late March in a community called Datang Huayuan, in Shanghai’s Baoshan District. In one video, a large group of people gathered outside. “We want supplies!” one woman yelled into a bullhorn. “We want to survive!” Videos of the incident have since been taken down from Weibo, the popular Twitter-like platform.
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