bailongwei
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Synonym of Bạch Long Vĩ: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Example Sentences
- "The victimized Overseas Chinese are fishermen who used to live on (Pailungwei) Island in the Gulf of Tonkin.[…]These Overseas Chinese firmly asked the Vietnamese authorities many times to let them go back to (Pailungwei) Island, where they have lived for generations, to earn a living."
- "According to materials not yet publicly disclosed, Mao Zedong, as early as the fifties and with extreme generosity, gave Bailongwei Island, which is located in the middle of the Gulf of Tonkin and which is in an extremely important strategic position, to the Ho Chi Minh government."
- "Since 1949, China has compromised in only one offshore island dispute, the one over White Dragon Tail (Bailongwei) Island, while either delaying or using force in disputes over the Paracel, Spratly, and Senkaku islands.²[…] In contrast to frontier disputes, external threats explain China’s one attempt to compromise in an offshore island conflict. In 1957, China agreed to transfer White Dragon Tail Island, which lies in the middle of the Tonkin Gulf, to North Vietnam. Unfortunately, very little is known about this dispute and its settlement.³"
- "In 1957, China ceded Bailongwei island to Hanoi. Thus, the two dashes were removed by China to bypass the Gulf of Tonkin as a gesture to North Vietnam."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 白龍尾島