Binlang

See also: bīnláng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 檳榔 (Bīnláng).

Proper noun

Binlang

1. An island in Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
   • 2009 July 6, 金門縣政府, “Six Swimmers Complete First Kinmen-Xiamen Test Swim”, in 邱佩蒂, editor, Kinmen Daily News‎^[1], archived from the original on August 29, 2019, 英文新聞‎^[2]:

     The team left Shueitou Pier on seven workboats some time after 9:00am, met with the pilot boat from Mainland at Binlang Island at 10:20am, then headed toward Xiamen Yefenzhai Beach. Then, the test swim began at 11:40.
     The participants included Lai Xiaochun (32-year-old) and Ni Shenglang (46-year-old) from Taiwan, and Lin Jiayong, Liu Hexiang, Song Song (female) and Zhou Yang (female) from the Mainland. They went in the water at Yefengzhai, passed the midway point at Binlang Island, and then turned toward Little Kinmen's Shuangkou Beach. The entire distance was about 8,000 meters and the event ended at 2:10pm.

     上午9時多從水頭碼頭，分乘7艘工作船出發前進廈門。試泳隊上午10時20分在檳榔嶼與大陸引導船會合，前往廈門椰風寨海灘，在11時40分開始試泳。
     參與試游選手包括台灣選手賴曉春（32歲）、倪盛琅（46歲）等2人；大陸選手有林佳勇、劉鶴翔、宋頌（女）、周洋（女）等4人。他們從椰風寨下水，經中點檳榔嶼，再轉游向小金門的雙口海灘，全部泳程約8千公尺，全程迄下午2時10分結束。

   • 2009 August 15, Lawrence Chung, “Historic swim heralds warming strait relations”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 August 2021‎^[4]:

     'Swimming across the sea to Quemoy was not difficult at all,' said Li Yenhan, 22, from Tianjin , who was the first mainlander ashore. 'There were some sea currents near Binlang islet [held by Taiwan], but after that it was an easy swim.'

   • 2023 July 17, “Kinmen-Xiamen relay returns after three-year hiatus”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2023, Sports, page 7‎^[6]:

     In its 11th year, the competition started at Xiamen’s Yefengzhai Beach and finished in Kinmen’s Lieyu Township, with a midpoint at Kinmen’s Binlang Islet, where the first swimmer in a two-person team handed off to a second swimmer.

Translations

islet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檳榔／槟榔 (zh) (Bīnláng)