Beichen

A district of Tianjin, China.

Proper noun

  1. A district of Tianjin, China.
    • The new report said 413 million yuan spent on train windshields was wasted when design specifications were changed in March 2011, three months before the line opened.[…] It found that Beichen district government in...
    • Monday’s fire occurred in the Beichen district, an area far closer to the urban core of Tianjin. - 2015 October 12, Michael Forsythe, “China: Fire Strikes Tianjin, 2 Months After Fatal Blast”, in The New York Times,...

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北辰 (Běichén).