白沙

Mandarin · pinyin Bái shā

Meanings

  1. see 白沙黎族自治縣 Bái shā Lí zú Zì zhì xiàn
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白
bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
沙
shā · sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
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noun

  1. white sand

name

  1. (~黎族自治縣, ~縣) Baisha (an autonomous county of Hainan, China)
  2. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Minhou, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)
  3. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Hanjiang district, Putian, Fujian, China)
  4. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Xinluo district, Longyan, Fujian, China)
  5. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Jishui, Ji'an, Jiangxi, China)
  6. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Zhongmu, Zhengzhou, Henan, China)
  7. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Yichuan, Luoyang, Henan, China)
  8. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Yangxin, Huangshi, Hubei, China)
  9. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Xiaochang, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
  10. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Changning, Hengyang, Hunan, China)
  11. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Xinning, Shaoyang, Hunan, China)
  12. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Luxi, Xiangxi prefecture, Hunan, China)
  13. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Taishan, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China)
  14. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Leizhou, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China)
  15. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Yingde, Qingyuan, Guangdong, China)
  16. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  17. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Hepu, Beihai, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  18. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Guiping, Guigang, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  19. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Fuchuan, Hezhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  20. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Liujiang district, Liuzhou, Guangxi autonomous region, China)
  21. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Jiangjin district, Chongqing, China)
  22. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Nanchuan district, Chongqing, China)
  23. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Shuangliu district, Chengdu, Sichuan, China)
  24. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Hejiang, Luzhou, Sichuan, China)
  25. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Wanyuan, Dazhou, Sichuan, China)
  26. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Shiqian, Tongren, Guizhou, China)
  27. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Qingshui, Tianshui, Gansu, China)
  28. (~鎮) Baisha (a town in Yulong, Lijiang, Yunnan, China)
  29. (~島) Baisha (an island of Penghu County, Taiwan)
  30. (~鄉) Baisha (a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan)
  31. (~鄉) Baisha (a township in Pu'an, Qianxinan prefecture, Guizhou, China)
  32. (~街道) Baisha (a subdistrict of Jiangbei district, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China)
  33. (~街道) Baisha (a subdistrict of Sanyuan district, Sanming, Fujian, China)
  34. (~街道) Baisha (a subdistrict of Pengjiang district, Jiangmen, Guangdong, China)
  35. (~街道) Baisha (a subdistrict of Jiangcheng district, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China)
  36. (~街道) Baisha (a subdistrict of Meilan district, Haikou, Hainan, China)

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