Baokang
See also: Bǎokāng
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保康 (Bǎokāng).
Proper noun
editBaokang
- A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- [1967, J. D. Frodsham, “Notes to the Poems”, in The Murmuring Stream: The Life and Works of the Chinese Nature Poet Hsieh Ling-yün (385-433), Duke of K’ang-Lo[1], volume 2, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, →OCLC, page 192:
- 7. The river Chü 沮 rises in Pao-k’ang 保康 county, Hupei, and runs through Yüan-an 遠安 county where it is joined by the Chang 漳.]
- 2010, Hong De-Yuan, “Introduction”, in Peonies of the World: Taxonomy and Phytogeography[2], Kew Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:
- We also found the individual plant from which the type specimen of P. baokangensis was collected. This peony, cultivated beside a farmer’s house in Huoping Township, Baokang County, turned out to be a hybrid between P. rockii subsp. rockii and P. qiui.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Baokang.
Translations
editcounty in central China
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baokang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 308, column 2