cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Jiangbei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɑŋˌbeɪ/
Forms: form: Chiang-pei
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江北 (Jiāngběi).
Senses: examples: text: Eight areas had been set aside, he said, for the reception of these refugees in Chungking and Chiangpei, a neighboring town actoss the Kialiang River, a tributary of the Yangtse.
ref: [1938 June 18, “Growing U.S. Sympathy for China Seen in Mounting Contributions for Relief”, in The China Weekly Review, volume 85, number 3, →OCLC, page 84, column 2:
text: In 1891 she had an urgent message from the chief magistrate in the city of Chiangpei, opposite Chungking at the mouth of the Chialing river. His wife was seriously ill, but he would only allow a woman to help. The city gates were kept open late for her, a special four-bearer chair, with runners ahead to clear the way, swept her through the streets; but it was too late, and although the magistrate was persuaded to let a fully qualified male doctor come, his wife died, and the already strong anti-foreign feeling in Chiangpei was strengthened by the belief that the foreign medicines had killed her.
ref: [1988, Charles Tyzack, “The Liverpool of West China”, in Friends to China: The Davidson Brothers and the Friends' Mission to China 1886 to 1939, York, England: William Sessions Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:
text: Construction is booming in Chongqing. In the Jiangbei district, work on a high-rise apartment complex called Zhujiang Taiyang is under way.
ref: 2007 June 1, Howard W. French, “Big, Gritty Chongqing, City of 12 Million, Is China’s Model for Future”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015, Asia Pacific:
text: Cab drivers in Chongqing, China’s fourth-largest city, staged a rare strike Monday in protest against a series of gripes ranging from the scarcity of fuel to heavy traffic fines, Xinhua news agency said.
Three police cars and more than a dozen other vehicles were smashed by a crowd of about 100 people in the city’s Jiangbei district, the agency said.
ref: 2008 November 3, Beijing newsroom, “China city's stressed-out cabbies go on strike”, in Nick Macfie, Paul Tait, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023, Lifestyle:
text: On April 2, 2010, the People's Procuratorate of Jiangbei District, Chongqing, initiated a public prosecution of Li Zhuang to the People's Court of Jiangbei District, Chongqing, for the alleged crime of impairing testimony as defender. On April 28, 2011, the People's Court of Jiangbei District, Chongqing decided not to sue Li Zhuang and announced the decision to Li Zhuang.
ref: 2016, Jiang Ping, “Dilemma and Breakthrough for China's Rule of Law: Reflection on Several Issues About the Legal System Construction of China”, in Jian Ping, editor, Dreams And Reality: New Era Of China's Reform, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Yuzhong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːˈd͡ʒɒŋ/
ipa: /ˌjuːˈd͡ʒʊŋ/
enpr: yüʹjo͝ongʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 榆中 (Yúzhōng).
Senses: examples: text: In the Shanzhuang district of Yuzhong County in Gansu, the annual average per capita grain intake was only 20-50 kilograms, and of the 49 production teams in the whole district, 48 had an average per capita income of less than 40 yuan.
ref: 1991, Bochuan He, “Questions of Pace and Regional Development”, in China on the Edge: The Crisis of Ecology and Development, China Books and Periodicals, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 148:
text: In May 1939 China’s Nationalist government, worried about the use Japan might make of the remains, ordered the most holy objects — the caskets of Chinggis, and Borte and of Qulan and the black four-footed standard — transported to a Taoist temple in Yuzhong county, Gansu.
ref: 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “Eight White Yurts”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 164, column 2:
text: A directive from Yuzhong County in the northwestern province of Gansu declared, for example: “Since the abrupt changes in Tunisia and Egypt, Western forces hostile to China have been itching to do something and do their utmost to stir up a fuss.”
ref: 2011 April 8, Chris Buckley, Sui-Lee Wee, “Fear and swagger drive China's clampdown on dissent”, in John Chalmers, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2022, World News:
text: The official Weibo account of the Yuzhong Public Security Bureau in Lanzhou said that two police officers at the local Peace Police Station had “stopped working” and that the events were being investigated by the police and by other branches of government.
ref: 2016 May 19, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Accusations of Brutality Cast Harsh Light on Chinese Police”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2016, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A county of Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Shapingba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 沙坪垻 /沙坪坝 (Shāpíngbà).
Senses: examples: text: The Institute is re-orienting its program and will endeavor to carry on its training and research along lines originally planned for, though modified by such exigencies as the present national crisis has brought forth. Communications with the Institute may be directed to Shapingpa, Chungking, China.
ref: [1938 December, “Current Items”, in American Sociological Review, volume 3, number 6, American Sociological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 879:
text: In the movement to criticize Lin and Confucius, they have seriously read Marxist-Leninist works and Chairman Mao's works. Little Red Soldiers of (Shapingpa) district of Chungking have studied the party's basic line, Chairman Mao's "On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People" and 7 May directive, and the three main rules of discipline and eight points for attention.
ref: [1974 June 4 [1974 May 31], “Szechwan Little Red Soldiers Join in Criticism of Lin, Confucius”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 108, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 1:
text: One day I called on a cousin of mine who teaches at the Chongqing Normal College, about 20 miles from downtown. The district, known as Shapingba, has a concentration of eight universities and colleges.
ref: 1979 May, Gerald Chen, “'Pilgrimage' to Sichuan”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 5, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 2:
text: The tragedy came during a promotion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the store in Shapingba district in southwest China.
People began queuing in the early hours of Saturday to buy the cooking oil, said Gao Chang, a spokesman for the Shapingba district government.
ref: 2007 November 10, “Three killed in stampede in China supermarket”, in Giles Elgood, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2022, World News:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Prunișor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Prunișor.
Senses: glosses: A village in Sebiș, Arad County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Mehedinți County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Prunișor, Mehedinți County, Romania.
Jiulongpo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chiu-lung-p'o
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九龍坡 /九龙坡 (Jiǔlóngpō).
Senses: examples: text: In February 2005 the developer appealed to the Jiulongpo District Housing Administration Bureau for permission to demolish the building.
ref: 2009, 申宏磊 [Sheng Honglei], “Link II: Chongqing's "Nail Household"”, in 李洋 [Li Yang] et al., transl., 新闻发布与阳光执政 [Press Release & Sunshine Government], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 66:
english: Press Release & Sunshine Government
translation: Press Release & Sunshine Government
text: A store in the Jiulongpo district was caught by a local market regulator selling smoked tea ducks using the meat.
ref: 2011 March 12, Melanie Lee, “Wal-Mart apologizes for duck meat past expiry date in China”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2023, CYCLICAL CONSUMER GOODS:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Someș-Odorhei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Someș-Odorhei.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Sălaj County, Romania.
Jiangjin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chiang-chin
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江津 (Jiāngjīn).
Senses: examples: text: The CCP committee of (Langshan) commune in Chiangchin County has correctly handled the relationship between the CCP committee and revolutionary committee.
ref: [1973 December 28 [1973 December 25], “Szechwan County Develops Party, Revolutionary Committees Relations”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 250, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page E 1:
text: The latest proposed relocation would affect residents along hundreds of miles of twisting lakeshore from Jiangjin, in the Chongqing municipality, to the dam’s location at Yichang, in Hubei Province.
ref: 2012 April 18, Michael Wines, “Landslide Risk At Reservoir Cited in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2012, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Dadukou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɑ.duˈkoʊ/
enpr: däʹdo͞oʹkōʹ
Forms: form: Tatukow
form: Ta-tu-k'ou
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大渡口 (Dàdùkǒu).
Senses: examples: text: A louse survey was made among students of primary schools and orphanages in the latter part of March, 1944, at Tatukou area outside Chungking. A total of 1,255 students were examined with 530 girls and 716 boys.[…]
For the sake of convenience, and because of the seriousness of the malaria situation in the area, Tatukou on the outskirts of Chungking was chosen as the site for demonstration.[…]
The survey was followed up by a study of the topography of Tatukou and disease-transmitting mosquitoes in the district.
ref: [1944 November, “Public Health and Medicine”, in China Handbook 1937-1944, Chungking: Chinese Ministry of Information, →OCLC, page 404, column 2:
text: In the 1930s and 1940s, people from the same province tended to stick together in Chongqing. We moved to Dadukou, about twenty miles from the city, where many people from the Jiangxi Province lived during the war.
ref: 2010, Danke Li, Echoes of Chongqing: Women in Wartime China, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 53:
text: Agile has bought a 119,287-square-metre parcel in Dadukou District at an auction to replenish its land bank in Chongqing, the company said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange late Tuesday.
ref: 2012 May 8, Alex Frew McMillan, “Agile buys site in Chongqing to replenish land bank”, in Ryan Woo, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023:
text: The unnamed burglar twisted his ankle while leaping from the third-floor balcony of a flat to a second-floor landing and then to the ground after a man living in the property in the Dadukou district of Chongqing came home while he was inside on Monday evening,[…]
ref: 2016 July 21, Natalie Mu, “Chinese burglary suspect ‘confesses’ after woman victim massages his injured ankle”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2016, China:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Șieu-Măgheruș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Șieu-Măgheruș.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Șieu-Măgheruș, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
Șieu-Odorhei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Șieu-Odorhei.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
Bishan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːʃɑːn/
enpr: bēʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 碧山 (Bìshān).
Senses: glosses: A planning area and residential town in Singapore.
Bishan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːʃɑːn/
enpr: bēʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Pishan
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 璧山 (Bìshān).
Senses: examples: text: These considerations led recently to a decision to remove the Institute to Pishan county in Szechwan, where, as the Institute of Rural Research and Training, it plans to collaborate closely with the Mass Education Movement, and resume cooperation on a university basis with its member institutions.
ref: [1940, “Report of Work in China”, in The Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report 1939, New York, page 363:
text: When by 1958 it was announced that Pishan County in Szechwan had 113 local mimeographed papers, this trend was praised in Peking: "If the articles are about local persons and local happenings, the masses like to read them."
ref: [1979, Lynn T. White III, “Local Newspapers and Community Change, 1949-1969”, in Godwin C. Chu, Francis L. K. Hsu, editors, Moving a Mountain: Cultural Change in China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102:
text: The virus was detected on a farm with 23 pigs in Chongqing’s Bishan district, infecting eight animals and killing three, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.
ref: 2018 December 18, Tom Daly, “China agriculture ministry confirms new African swine fever outbreak in Chongqing”, in David Evans, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2022, Non-cyclical Consumer Goods:
text: In continuation of such statements, China became the first country in the world to establish a state-funded SBSP base plant in Chongqing's Bishan district in 2019.
ref: 2020, Namrata Goswami, Peter A. Garretson, Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space, Lexington Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 202:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Yongchuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yo͝ongʹchwänʹ
Forms: form: Yungchuan
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永川 (Yǒngchuān).
Senses: examples: text: I remember on a summer’s day in 1934 when father told me of his personal experiences as the magistrate of Yongchuan, a county west of Chongqing, in 1917.
ref: 1992, Jerome Ch'en, The Highlanders of Central China: A History, 1895-1937, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 114:
text: “Don’t simplistically equate ‘nothing has gone wrong’ with ‘nothing will go wrong,’” the local security committee of Yongchuan District in southwest China said last year. “At every moment always act as if we’re walking on thin ice, as if on the edge of an abyss.”
ref: 2022 August 6, Chris Buckley, Steven Lee Myers, Amy Chang Chien, “In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2022, ASIA PACIFIC:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Rongchang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 榮昌 /荣昌 (Róngchāng).
Senses: examples: text: The Szechuan people's struggle against the activities of the imperialist aggressors in the church had a long history.[…]The people who took part in the uprising, however, broke into the Jungchang County prison and released him.
ref: [1964, Wu Yu-chang [吳玉章], “The Uprising Led by Yu Tung-chen and the Yi Ho Tuan Movement”, in The Revolution of 1911 [辛亥革命], 3rd edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, pages 46-47:
english: 辛亥革命
translation: 辛亥革命
text: Her young parents, who worked in a pottery factory in Rongchang in present-day Chongqing municipality, conceived her while unmarried.
ref: 2014 January 20, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “‘She. Herself. Naked.': The Art of He Chengyao”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2023, Sinosphere:
text: A campus violence case was heard in the court of Rongchang District, Chongqing, in which a female student was beaten to Grade 10 disability by five roommates because she was untidy.
ref: 2021, Dongping Yang, “Toward Educational Modernization: Strengthening Institutions and Increasing Capacity”, in Chinese Research Perspectives on Educational Development, volume 5, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Dazu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹdzo͞oʹ
Forms: form: Ta-tsu
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大足 (Dàzú).
Senses: examples: text: Similarly there had been a break in the supply of small hardware from Tatsu county to its traditional markets in Tahsien, Mienyang, and Wenchiang, which was now restored as a result of the exchange fair.
ref: [1967, Gargi Dutt, “Recent Developments, 1963-64”, in Rural Communes in China, Organizational Problems, New York: Asia Publishing House, →OCLC, page 174:
text: A new chapter in the study of Chinese sculpture in the Sung Dynasty opened with the discovery of the Mai-chi-shan caves already referred to and the publication of a little-known sculptured cliff at Ta-tsu in Szechwan, dating chiefly from the Sung. The lively realism of the Ta-tsu high relief figures, some of which resemble the clay figures at Mai-chi-shan, others reminiscent of mediaeval European sculpture, is further proof that beside the courtly and scholarly arts for which the Sung is famous there flourished a vigorous school of popular Buddhist art of a very different character.
ref: [1973, Michael Sullivan, “Sung Dynasty (960-1279)”, in Chinese Art: Recent Discoveries, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 31:
text: The year 1898 brought uprisings of the Tien Ti Hui (Heaven and Earth Society), a popular anti-Ching secret organization in Kwangsi Province, and of the peasants in Tatsu County, Szechuan.
ref: [1976, Compilation Group for the "History of Modern China" Series [《中国近代史丛书》编写组], “Unprecedented National Crisis”, in The Yi Ho Tuan Movement of 1900 [义和团运动], 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 13:
english: 义和团运动
translation: 义和团运动
text: Emei Shan is one of Buddhism’s four sacred mountains, while Baoding Shan (Precious Mountain) at Dazu is one of China’s four great centers of Buddhist sculpture. These sacred carvings are located in Sichuan Province in western China, in Dazu District, about halfway between the cities of Chengdu and Chongqing.
ref: 1998, J. D. Brown, Frommer's China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips (Frommer's), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 306:
text: Dazu District is located in the west of Chongqing, 55 km away from the central downtown of Chongqing in the east and 155 km away from Chengdu in the west. Dazu has been world-known for the world cultural heritage Dazu Rock Carvings.
ref: 2022 March 31, “A Creative Slogan Worths 100,000 Yuan - Dazu of Chongqing solicits promotional slogans from all over the world”, in AP News, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2023:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Tongliang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: to͝ongʹlyängʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅梁 (Tóngliáng).
Senses: examples: text: In the course of criticizing revisionism and rectifying the style of work, the CCP committee of (Tungpo) commune, Tungliang County, has used various methods to conduct socialist education for the cadres and commune members, in order to enhance their awareness of the line struggle and help them spontaneously criticize capitalist tendencies and unswervingly take the socialist road.
ref: [1973 August 29 [1973 August 27], “Socialist Education Unfolds in Szechwan Commune”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 168, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page E 1:
text: Because the hamlet was the home of one of the few priests in eastern Sichuan, Catholics from as far away as Chongqing and the neighboring districts of Yongchuan, Tongliang, He Zhou, and Fu Zhou came to the hamlet seeking Gu to receive sacraments and to participate in worship.[...]The Ma family had migrated to nearby Baxian, the Qius to Fu Zhou, and the Songs to Tongliang.
ref: 1996, Robert E. Entenmann, “Catholics and Society in Eighteenth-Century Sichuan”, in Daniel H. Bays, editor, Christianity in China: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 13, 21:
text: On April 1, 2008, the Tongliang county water authority in Chongqing, southwest China, approved Zhu Jiaping’s application for water usage.
ref: 2012, Jigang Zhou, Peng Guangcan, Ceng Zhen, “China's Water Crisis May Be Helped by Trading Water Rights”, in Noah Berlatsky, editor, Water, Greenhaven Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 81:
text: In 2020, Liu and his partner began painting walls free of charge and full of love and passion. Their first works were painted on the walls of an ancient town in Tongliang District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. In about three months, they finished seven mural paintings.
ref: 2022 April 8, “Muralists decorate countryside with creativity, passion”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2022:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Tongnan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: to͝ongʹnänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潼南 (Tóngnán).
Senses: examples: text: A search and rescue operation was launched by the local authorities in Tongnan district, which continued through the night.
ref: 2020 June 22, “China: 8 children drown in river near Chongqing”, in DW News, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2020:
text: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Chongqing on Thursday morning to assess conditions, visiting the village of Shuangba in Tongnan district, where flooded fields and houses have affected the livelihood of more than 8,000 people there.
ref: 2020 August 20, Phoebe Zhang, “Chinese megacity Chongqing braces for record flood”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2020, People & Culture:
text: In April 2019, at China (Chongqing)-Hungary Automotive Innovation Forum, People's Government of Chongqing Tongnan District and Clive Industrial Design Co., Ltd. held the signing ceremony of “Intelligent Terminal Product Production Project", which was the implementation of the first industrialization project.
ref: 2021, 新阶段中国—中东欧国家合作：多维视角的分析 [The China-CEEC Cooperation at the New Stage : A Multi-Dimensional Analysis], China Social Sciences Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=GGNgEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT436:
english: The China-CEEC Cooperation at the New Stage : A Multi-Dimensional Analysis
translation: The China-CEEC Cooperation at the New Stage : A Multi-Dimensional Analysis
text: The assessment of cultivated land ecological risk in Tongnan district of Chongqing city before and after the farmland consolidation for agricultural mechanization, as well as the analysis of the correlation between ecological risk and cultivated land slope, demonstrate that the farmland consolidation for agricultural mechanization can reduce cultivated land ecological risk, and the proportion of cultivated land slope can be an important basis for precision guidance in the farmland consolidation for agricultural mechanization.
ref: 2024 May, Zhang Xingshan [张星山], Yang Heng [杨恒], Ma Wenqiu [马雯秋], Yang Minli [杨敏丽], Wang Haiyi [王海翼], You Yong [尤泳], Hui Yunting [惠云婷], Gong Zeqi [宫泽奇], Wang Tianyi [王天一], “Ecological Risk Assessment of Cultivated Land Based on Landscape Pattern: A Case Study of Tongnan District, Chongqing [基于景观格局的丘陵山区耕地生态风险评价——以重庆市潼南区为例]”, in Smart Agriculture [智慧农业（中英文）], volume 6, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 68:
english: 智慧农业（中英文）
translation: 智慧农业（中英文）
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Hechuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hǔʹchwänʹ
Forms: form: Ho-ch'uan
Etymology: From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 合川 (Héchuān).
Senses: examples: text: "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads.
ref: [1941, Anor Lin, “Sung Dugout”, in Dawn Over Chungking, New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 87:
text: On September 12, a man named Xiao Gang (pseudonym) was walking along BinjiangLu in Hechuan District, Chongqing when he was suddenly grabbed and forced into an abandoned home on the side of the road and sexually assaulted by Xiao Yong (pseudonym).
ref: 2014 October 10, Yang Xin, “Outcry as Rapist Walks Free”, in Beijing Today, number 696, →OCLC, page 1:
text: China Fortune Land Development Co Ltd :
* Says it signs MoU with Chongqing Hechuan district government and Kunshan Bacheng government
ref: 2017 April 7, “BRIEF-China Fortune Land Development signs MoU with local governments”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 16 May 2021:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
Beibei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /beɪˈbeɪ/
enpr: bāʹbāʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北碚 (Běibèi).
Senses: examples: text: "Hello, hello, hello! What? Hochuan? This is Peipei. Planes over Hochuan? Toward Peipei? No, not here. ... Bombing heard? Where, southward?" Then the man would hang up and turn the crank again, and shout to Chungking or some other place, "Peipei calling, planes over Hochuan, toward Peipei, Peipei." Very soon we would hear planes over our heads.
ref: [1941, Anor Lin, “Sung Dugout”, in Dawn Over Chungking, New York: John Day Company, →OCLC, page 87:
text: 2. Szechwan, Peipei, a town north of Chungking, has been selected as a model district for the creation of independent farmers. With the cooperation of the Municipal Bureau of Peipei, land survey has been completed and plans have been made for the establishment of farm units to be given to the farmers after the completion of procedures for land expropriation.
ref: [1943, The Chinese Ministry of Information, “Agricultural Economy”, in Hollington Tong, editor, China Handbook 1937–1943: A Comprehensive Survey of Major Developments in China in Six Years of War, New York: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 619, columns 1–2:
text: Jinyun Mountain Scenic Area is located along the banks of the Jialang River at Wentang Gorge in the Beibei District, 37 miles from downtown Chongqing.
ref: 2008, Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 94:
text: Mao Jianping, the deputy director of the municipal procuratorate, and Zhao Wenrui, the head of the Beibei district, were detained at the same time on suspicion of conspiring to protect Chongqing’s network of gangsters.
ref: 2012, Andrew Wedeman, Double Paradox: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption in China, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 169:
text: Late last year, graphic video footage of the party secretary of Chongqing’s Beibei district in a rendezvous with a young woman was widely circulated on the Chinese internet. The official, Lei Zhengfu, was later sacked.
ref: 2013 January 25, Lucy Hornby, “China busts sex video blackmailers who targeted officials”, in Jon Hemming, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022, World News:
text: On May 16, 2013, the government in Xiema Town in Beibei District, Chongqing, had over 100 police officers forcibly demolish my home. My mother was injured so badly that she’s now in the hospital.
ref: 2013 June 16, Flourishing Musical Goddess_76635, quotee, “Chinese Voice Anger and Nostalgia Over Urbanization”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A district of Chongqing, China.
angiostatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiostatic
anlotinib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tyrosine kinase inhibitor 1-[[4-[(4-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-indol-5-yl)oxy]-6-methoxyquinolin-7-yl]oxymethyl]cyclopropan-1-amine
gonadulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A peptide growth factor, related to insulin, produced by some locusts
nonsalvageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + salvageable.
Senses: glosses: Not salvageable
Rabindra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ravindra (A male given name from Hindi).
Derived terms: Rabindra Sangeet
oxytrauma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxytraumas
Etymology: From oxy- + trauma.
Senses: glosses: trauma due to excess oxygen, typically received from a hospital ventilator
Ravindra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rabindra
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi रवींद्र (ravīndra).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi.
Related terms: Ravindran
Rabindranath
phacolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phaco- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The destruction and removal of the lens of the eye.
Related terms: phacolytic
phacolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phaco- + -lytic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to phacolysis
Murgeni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Vaslui County, Romania.
glosses: A surname.
Aurobindo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali অরবিন্দ (orobindo).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Bengali.
sandownid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandownids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct turtle of the family †Sandownidae
sandownids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandownid
sinemydid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinemydids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct turtle of the family †Sinemydidae
sinemydids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinemydid
suprapygal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + pygal.
Senses: glosses: Situated above the pygal bones
suprapygal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suprapygals
Etymology: From supra- + pygal.
Senses: glosses: Such a bone
suprapygals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suprapygal
symbiodiniacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbiodiniaceans
Senses: glosses: Any alga of the family Symbiodiniaceae
symbiodiniaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of symbiodiniacean
thalassochelydian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thalassochelydians
Senses: glosses: Any extinct turtle of the clade †Thalassochelydia
thalassochelydians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thalassochelydian
thermoclimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoclimates
Etymology: From thermo- + climate.
Senses: glosses: The thermal part of a climate (large-scale weather system)
glosses: A relatively hot climate
thixotropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a thixotropic manner.
Bogdand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Bogdand.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Satu Mare County, Romania.
Langellas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Langella
Drahos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drahoses
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Drahoš.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dilauro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dilauros
form: DiLauro
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Lauro.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Dilauros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dilauro
Drahoses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Drahos
Sânmihaiu de Câmpie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Sânmihaiu de Câmpie.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
Eisinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eisingers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Eisinger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Esinger
Isinger
Singer
Uisinger
Usinger
Sânpetru de Câmpie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Sânpetru de Câmpie.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Mureș County, Romania.
Sântămăria-Orlea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Sântămăria-Orlea.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Hunedoara County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Sântămăria-Orlea, Hunedoara County, Romania.
Emley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Emleys
Etymology: From the Old English male personal name *Ema + lēah (“woodland, glade”).
Senses: glosses: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE242130).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Emleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Emley
Eisingers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Eisinger
Dibacco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dibaccos
form: DiBacco
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Bacco.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Digeronimo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Digeronimos
form: DiGeronimo
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Geronimo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Digeronimos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Digeronimo
Dibaccos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dibacco
Cheuvront
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cheuvronts
Etymology: Unexplained, but possibly of French origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Fiumara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fiumaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Fiumara.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Fiumaras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fiumara
Cheuvronts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cheuvront
corner bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corner brackets
Senses: glosses: A bracket fixture shaped in a right angle.
topics: media
publishing
typography
coordinate_terms: angle bracket
square bracket
glosses: Either of a pair of symbols, 「 」, used as quotation marks in some languages.
corner brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corner bracket
Fourman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fourmans
Etymology: Variant of Foreman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fencl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fencles
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Fencl.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Fencles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fencl
Fourmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fourman
Fatheree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fatherees
Etymology: Possibly a shortened Americanized form of Irish Ó Fiachra, which is found as Feighery in Ireland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Gindlesperger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gindlespergers
Etymology: Possibly a German topographic surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Gindlespergers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gindlesperger
Fatherees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fatheree
Ankang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/
enpr: änʹkängʹ
Forms: form: An-k'ang
Etymology: From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng).
Senses: examples: text: The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon.
ref: 1934 August 11, The China Weekly Review, volume 69, number 11, →OCLC, page 432, column 2:
text: The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.
ref: 1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 230:
text: Hornet attacks have been reported elsewhere in China as well. Last month, a swarm attacked a primary school in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern China, injuring 30 people, including 23 children. But the most serious attacks, according to the state-run news media, have taken place in rural areas near Ankang City, in the southeastern part of Shaanxi Province.
ref: 2013 October 3, “Giant Hornets Kill Dozens in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2013, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China.
Derived terms: ankangite
Zhenping
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jǔnʹpǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮平 /镇平 (Zhènpíng).
Senses: examples: text: HONAN NEW COOKING STOVE--Scores of new-type cooking stoves have been introduced into rural Honan Province. The new stoves, as compared with the old ones, generally save about 50 percent on such fuels as coal, firewood, and hay. There had been a shortage of firewood and hay in Chenping County, which has now become self-sufficient in these fuels since 83 percent of the rural families began to use the new stoves.
ref: [1972, Daily Report: People's Republic of China, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
Zhenping
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jǔnʹpǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮坪 /镇坪 (Zhènpíng).
Senses: examples: text: China has succeeded in domesticating musk deer and obtaining the musk while the animal is alive. The Forestry Bureau in western Szechwan Province and a musk-deer farm in Chenping county, Shensi Province, have achieved this.
ref: [1972 August 17 [1972 August 6], “Musk Production”, in Daily Report People's Republic of China, volume I, number 161, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: National Affairs, page B 4:
text: Local news media reports quoted the authorities in Zhenping County, in Shaanxi Province, as saying that the woman had given her consent to an abortion.[…]
The government said it had sent an investigation team to Zhenping County this week, and The Associated Press quoted from a statement released Friday by the deputy mayor of Ankang, the city where Ms. Feng lives, saying: “Today, I am here on behalf of the municipal government to see you and express our sincere apology to you. I hope to get your understanding.”
ref: 2012 June 15, David Barboza, “China Suspends Family Planning Workers After Forced Abortion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2012, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
Pingli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪŋ.li/
enpr: pǐngʹlēʹ
Forms: form: P'ing-li
Etymology: From Mandarin 平利.
Senses: examples: text: Teng said a large number of Communists were striking westward from Sian, capital of Shensi province. He added the Nationalists had lost Pingli in southern Shensi after a battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties.
ref: 1949 July 14, “China Official Swears 'Win All Lose All' Fight”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 30.24-4383:
text: In Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, China, the Badao bone coal contains 41 to 75 ppm of selenium, with a mean concentration of 57.5 ppm.[…]The local environment in Pingli County was found to contain soil with a mean concentration of 0.3 to 1.1 ppm selenium, and agricultural crops with concentration of 0.57 to 2.75 ppm selenium (Fang and others, 2003).
ref: 2017, Critical Mineral Resources of the United States: Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply, number 1802, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 028, column 1:
glosses: A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
McLelland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈklɛlən(d)/
rhymes: -ɛlənd
rhymes: -ɛlən
Forms: form: McLellands
Etymology: Variant of McClellan.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Langao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: länʹgouʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 嵐皋／岚皋.
Senses: examples: text: Distribution and habitat. Coniogramme bashanensis known only from Langao County in Shaanxi Province, China. Langao County is located in the middle of the northern slope of Mt. Bashan.
ref: 2013 May 24, Xiao-si Guo, Jian-ping Chen, “Coniogramme bashanensis (Pteridaceae), a New Fern Species from Shaanxi, China”, in Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, volume 22, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 292:
text: Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network
* Says it signs e-commerce cooperation agreement Langao County govt, Shaanxi Province
ref: 2016 May 29, “BRIEF-Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network signs e-commerce cooperation agreement with govt”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, Broadcasting:
glosses: A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
Baihe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪ.hi/
ipa: /baɪ.hə/
enpr: bīʹhŭʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白河 (Báihé).
Senses: examples: text: There is a navigable tributary of the Han, the Chiaho (甲河) which joins it at Paihohsien (白河縣) where the Shensi customs barrier for the Han is situated, considerably west of Laohokʻou.
ref: [(Can we date this quote?), Hsian, Past and Present, sourced from North-China Daily News, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:
text: Another time, some youths in the village had gone down the Han River to Gourd Town, Baihe County and on to the city of Xiangyang, and come back with trousers that were tight at the waist and wide at the bottom, which made them seem instantly taller.
ref: 1991, Pingwa Jia, “Touch Paper”, in The Time is Not Yet Ripe, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 117:
text: Between March 4 and April 11 of 1997, 98 migrant workers from Baihe County in Shanxi Province were killed in three different coal mining accidents. According to Baihe County government figures , up to 22,000 rural residents have left home each year for work in the years since 1994.
ref: 2004, William C. Heffernan, John Kleinig, editors, Private and Public Corruption, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 265:
glosses: A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
glosses: A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
Xunyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shünʹyängʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬陽 /旬阳.
Senses: examples: text: In (Chialu) commune, Hsunyang County, the summer grain procurement quota has been overfulfilled. In addition, 66 production teams in the commune have put grain aside for reserves.
ref: [1971 July 15 [1971 July 13], “Shensi Peasants Fulfill Farm Procurement Quotas”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 136, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Northwest Region, page H 4:
text: Minghsing Brigade of Changsha Commune in Hsunyang County, Shensi Province, has encouraged amateur literary and art activities for about a decade.
ref: [1973, “New Upsurge of Mass Literature and Art”, in Chinese Literature, number 7, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 104:
text: Local authorities sometimes are brutal in their efforts to crush the underground Christian church in peasant areas. In March 1993, for example, police attacked a religious meeting in Taoyuan village in Shaanxi Province’s Xunyang County.
ref: 1994, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 475:
text: Streets and buildings were submerged by floodwaters in Xunyang in northwestern China on September 28, 2021, after heavy torrential rains lashed the area in Shaanxi province. Firefighters and army troops have been helping as more than 7,000 people were forced to evacuate. Xunyang is home to about 450,000 residents.
ref: 2021 September 29, Carol Mang, “More than 7,000 people forced to flee floods in city of Xunyang in northwestern China”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2021:
glosses: A county-level city of Ankang, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county.
Lansfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lansford
McLellands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McLelland
Hanbin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hänʹbǐnʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 漢濱 /汉滨.
Senses: examples: text: Shaanxi's Huazhang Daily newspaper said the wasps had been attacking people in the Ankang region since 2002. Hundreds had been stung and at least 30 had died.
Local police and firemen teams are being deployed to track and destroy the pests, but no significant improvement had been made because there were no wasp experts in the region, the newspaper said.
Some people said the problem was worse this year. In the Hanbin district alone this year, five villagers have been killed by the wasps, while the number of hives has increased from one in 2002 to more than 40 this year.
ref: 2005 November 1, Minnie Chan, “Wasp attacks kill 10 farmers in Shaanxi”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 May 2024:
text: The second evaluation also looked at NCMS payment reform and took place in the Hanbin District of Shaanxi Province. In 2010, Hanbin District launched a reform of NCMS payment methods, replacing the fee-for-service with prospective payment with a global budget for outpatient care and mixed payment methods for inpatient care.
ref: 2017, Mo Yu, Xiaoyan He, Yunxin Hou, Xue Li, “Lessons Learned from Evaluating China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme”, in Building Capacities to Evaluate Health Inequities: Some Lessons Learned from Evaluation Experiments in China, India and Chile, number 154, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 59:
text: Finally, the regional green poverty reduction effect was divided by the method of inter group connection and Chebyshev distance, to directly display the green poverty reduction effect of counties in southern Shaanxi. The results showed there was only Hanbin district as the dominant area for poverty alleviation and development, Zhenba County was the dominant area for economic and green development, and the other counties were all under the pressure of green development. Overall, the effect of green poverty reduction in southern Shaanxi was still not ideal.
ref: 2020, Yingjuan Yang, Huifeng Xue, “Evaluation of Green Poverty Reduction in Southern Shaanxi Based on Comprehensive Weighting TOPSIS-Clustering Analysis”, in 2020 16th Dahe Fortune China Forum and Chinese High-educational Management Annual Academic Conference (DFHMC), →DOI, page 128:
text: The Hanbin district police department in Shaanxi's Ankang city said on May 19 that it had fined a local man 500 yuan for scaling the Great Firewall, a complex systems of blocks, filters and human censorship that limits what Chinese users can see online.
ref: 2020 May 21, Gao Feng, “Fine For VPN Use Sparks Rare Backlash on Chinese Internet”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 21 May 2020:
glosses: A district of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.