Beitou

See also: bēitóu, běitóu, Běitóu, and bèitóu

English

Alternative forms

• Peitou (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 北きた投とう (Běitóu).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bāʹtōʹ

Proper noun

Beitou

1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 2023 February 16, Yimou Lee, “Taipei hit by small earthquake, no immediate reports of damage -weather bureau”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 22 November 2023, Commodities‎^[3]:

     The 3.1 magnitude quake shook buildings in Taipei. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the city's northern Beitou district with a depth of 4.8 km (2.9 miles), the weather bureau said.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北きた投とう (zh) (Běitóu)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Peitou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2393, column 1