Cóng Běijīng dào Shànghǎi de gāotiě yào jīngguò Bèngbù.
High-speed trains from Beijing to Shanghai pass through Bengbu.
Tips
mistakes
蚌 is bèng only in this name. Everywhere else it is bàng, the freshwater mussel, as in 河蚌.
culture
The name means roughly "mussel wharf": this stretch of the Huai River was known for pearl mussels. Online it is the joke 蚌埠住了, which sounds like 绷不住了 "I can't hold it in any more", said when you burst out laughing or crying.
