Beidou

See also: bēidōu and Běidǒu

English

Alternative forms

(from Wade–Giles) Peitou

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 北斗 (Běidǒu).

Proper noun

Beidou

An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.
- 2011 April 7, Noah Buchan, “Walking with Matsu”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2011, Home / Features, page 13‎:
  At 2am on April 22 last year, I departed Chengan Temple (奠安宮) in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) surrounded by thousands of Matsu devotees.

Translations

urban township

Chinese:
Mandarin: 北斗 (zh) (Běidǒu)

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