cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hanyin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: hänʹyǐnʹ
Forms: form: Han-yin
Etymology: From Mandarin 漢陰 /汉阴 (Hànyīn).
Senses: examples: text: Hanyin T'ing, now called Hanyin Hsien, a third class district, is a prosperous little place lying at the head of the fertile Yo River valley, and, like most of the Han basin towns, is more like a Szechuan than a Shensi city.
ref: 1921, Eric Teichman, Travels of a Consular Officer in North-West China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 33:
text: Shensi fungi first goes to Hanyin (漢陰) and is then shipped to Hankow;[...]
ref: 1934 March 17, “Export of Edible Fungus From Szechuan”, in Chinese Economic Bulletin, volume XXIV, number 11, Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry, →OCLC, pages 170–171:
text: Cadre Zhao Jianguo, who came to Hanyin County, Shaanxi, from Jiangsu Province, had formerly been the head of a certain township in Zhangjiagang City. As a go-between in building a bridge between the two localities, he had 295 technical cadres and workers of Hanyin County go to Zhangjiagang City for study and training.
ref: 1992 March 6 [1991 October 21], Cui Zhongshan (1508 1350 1472), “Supplementing Others Where One's Own Superiority Allows—Interchange Between the Cadres of Jiangsu and Shaanxi Stimulate Economic Development in Both Provinces”, in JPRS Report China, number 92-011, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Xi'an SHAANXI RIBAO p 2, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 52, column 2:
text: Tang Xiaodong, 41, a jewellery dealer from Hanyin county in Shaanxi province, has been on a police wanted list since October 7 for his alleged role in “illegally absorbing” more than 180 million yuan for a “jewellery town” project in the small city of Ankang.
Police in Hanyin are offering the reward for information or assistance leading to Tang’s arrest, according to a public notice.
ref: 2019 June 6, Pinghui Zhuang, “Reward: US$145,000 offered to track down Chinese ‘jewellery town’ fugitive”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019, Society:
glosses: A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
Shiquan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石泉.
Senses: examples: text: This silkworm was found in 1985 in Shiquan County. It is 2.2 inches long, with a nine-jointed body. Its head is raised as if it were spinning silk. Shiquan County being a major producer, the silk industry prospered during the Han dynasty, and gilding techniques were also developed.
ref: 1991 [1987], Zongxu (鄒宗緒) Zou, “The Heart of a Powerful Empire”, in Susan Whitfield, transl., The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 116:
text: However, last June a police station in Shiquan county in Ankang, in Shaanxi, received a tip-off regarding the whereabouts of Ruixiang.
ref: 2017 January 24, Mimi Lau, “Chinese sisters, abducted as teens, reunited with mother after 28 years”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2017, Society:
glosses: A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
Ningshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: nǐngʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Ning-shan
form: Ningshaan
Etymology: From Mandarin 寧陝 /宁陕.
Senses: examples: text: Sian, Shensi provincial service 13. 00 GMT 11.2.71
[...]The poor and lower-middle peasants and masses in Ningshan County overcame "calamities" [no details given] and scored bumper agricultural harvests last year.
ref: 1971, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, British Broadcasting Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11:
text: Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route.
ref: 1973, Jen Yu-wen, “Second Northern Expedition (1861-1868)”, in The Taiping Revolutionary Movement, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 473:
text: The tiny village of Zhongxi in Ningshan County sat high up in the mountains, miles from anywhere.
ref: 2004, Tim Clissold, Mr. China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 208:
text: A man trekked for 100 kilometers (62 miles) across the Qinling mountain range from the Xi’an airport, avoiding multiple village checkpoints on the way before he was finally spotted and taken into quarantine on December 24, eight days into his journey, according to a statement from the Ningshan county police.
ref: 2022 January 4, Nectar Gan, Steve George, “Outcry over Xi’an lockdown tests limits of China’s zero-Covid policy”, in CNN, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2022:
glosses: A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
Calvini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Calvini.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Buzău County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Calvini, Buzău County, Romania.
Călimănești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Călimănești.
Senses: glosses: A village in Fântânele, Mureș County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Puiești, Vaslui County, Romania.
glosses: A city in Vâlcea County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Mărășești, Vrancea County, Romania.
Florești-Stoenești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Florești-Stoenești.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Giurgiu County, Romania.
Miroslovești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Miroslovești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Iași County, Romania.
Mărgăritești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Mărgăritești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Buzău County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Voineasa, Olt County, Romania.
Urdari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Urdari.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Gorj County, Romania.
Vitomirești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Vitomirești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Olt County, Romania.
Hiratsukas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hiratsuka
Foping
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: fǔʹpǐngʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 佛坪 (Fópíng).
Senses: examples: text: In (Changchiaho) brigade in Foping County, over 140,000 catties of grain have been stored up so far. Granaries have been built in every brigade in the commune.
ref: 1969 December 3 [1969 December 2], “Shensi Grain Reserves”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 233, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Northwest Region, page H 4:
text: In Shaanxi Province there is one special nature reserve for them at Foping County, southwest of Xi'an and not far from the Qinling Ibis Colony.
ref: 1984, Simon Holledge, Xi'an, South China Printing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 32:
text: A giant panda has been filmed for the first time in the wild breastfeeding a cub, according to state television.
The behaviour was filmed by a local TV crew in Foping county in Shaanxi province, CCTV said.
ref: 2017 April 5, Stephen Chen, “Panda filmed for first time breastfeeding cub in wild, says China state TV”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2017, China:
text: Nine wild boar samples submitted by the provincial forestry bureau were examined and three from Foping county, in the south of Shaanxi, tested positive for the disease, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement.
ref: 2019 December 11, Tom Daly, “China finds African swine fever in wild boar in Shaanxi”, in Susan Fenton, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2019, Health News:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Zhenba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jǔnʹbäʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮巴 /镇巴 (Zhènbā).
Senses: examples: text: Education in a Chenpa County Commune (Sian)[…]
(Paho) commune, in Chenpa County, now has 250 per cent more full-time primary schools than before the cultural revolution.
ref: [1971, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages A-14, 21:
text: Zhenba County in Shaanxi Province once had a forest cover rate of 60 percent, and floods, droughts and hail were rare. Later, however, many trees were cut down to clear the land for farming when the county started to place a one-sided emphasis on grain production.
ref: 1985, “Rural Economic Policy in the New Period”, in Wang Huimin, transl., edited by Luo Hanxian (罗涵先), 中国农村的经济变革 [Economic Changes in Rural China] (China Studies Series), Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117:
english: Economic Changes in Rural China
translation: Economic Changes in Rural China
text: A report on the county of Zhenba described the redistribution in these terms: 16 townships, each having 10 landlords and 100 poor peasants; each landlord owning 111 mu and therefore each poor peasant receiving nearly 2 mu.
ref: 1992, Jerome Ch'en, The Highlanders of Central China: A History, 1895-1937, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 238–239:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
panface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panfaces
Senses: glosses: A Chinese person.
glosses: Any person of East and Southeast Asian descent.
hot top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Massachusetts
glosses: asphalt; pavement
qualifier: Casting (metalworking)
glosses: a live open riser with a hot ceramic liner, designed to counteract the formation of harmful hollows when casting objects of materials such as metals into molds.
Synonyms: blacktop
dozzle
feeder head
technical difficulty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technical difficulties
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Trump first makes a blanket objection, on Due Process grounds, to the fact that he was unable to review the Rosen Challengers' exhibits before the hearing. As discussed on the record, due to a technical difficulty suffered by the Rosen Challengers, a Dropbox link provided to the parties before the hearing and containing many of the Rosen Exhibits was inoperative. With assistance from my office, copies of the evidence were provided to counsel during the hearing.
ref: 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023, page 6:
glosses: An unforeseen equipment problem, such as a hardware failure or software bug, that makes it difficult or impossible to perform a desired action.
omnipercipiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnipercipience
slap on the back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaps on the back
form: slaps on backs
Senses: glosses: Commendations.
Related terms: slap someone on the back
in mind
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He loaded the gun with bad intentions in mind.
text: Existing guidelines from the CDC and WHO recommend strength training at least twice weekly, but these were not developed with autistic individuals in mind. More research is needed to determine how frequency, intensity, and structure should be adapted to accommodate sensory, cognitive, and social needs in this population.
ref: 2025 August 20, Ashlyn Barry, Justin A. Haegele, Daniel Schaefer, Kristen A. Pickett, Luis Columna, “Autistic Young Adults’ Experiences and Recommendations for Strength Training”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
glosses: Present in one's thoughts.
Derived terms: have in mind
bear in mind
keep in mind
put someone in mind of
Sixmilecross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Fyvie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Formartine, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ7637).
Fivemiletown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
in one's bones
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: The figurative sense has a linguistic life of its own as a metaphor comparable with others such as at the heart of it all, but it is also related to the literal theme that people with rheumatism can feel weather changes in their bones and joints.
Senses: examples: text: He understood in his bones that the odds were not in his favor.
text: She could feel the rhythm in her bones.
glosses: (of a feeling, belief, etc.) Derived from instinct, intuition, or an ingrained inclination.
examples: text: As his aging hands became increasingly arthritic, he would often tell us that he could feel it in his bones when a snowstorm was coming.
text: She could feel the rhythm in her bones.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, one's, bones: especially, referring to rheumatic aches sensitive to atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity.
Related terms: bone-deep
core
mesoscaphe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoscaphes
form: mesoscaph
Etymology: From French mésoscaphe. From meso- + Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “little ship”). Coined by Jacques Piccard.
Senses: glosses: A submersible submarine designed for drifting on sea currents in the middle depth layers of the ocean.
Related terms: bathyscaphe
mesoscaph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoscaphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mesoscaphe.
croissanterie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croissanteries
Etymology: Borrowed from French croissanterie.
Senses: examples: text: Chamonix town has a nice old center with a clear view of Mont Blanc. Nice quaint cafes, croissanteries, creperies and stuff. Best skiing on this lousy planet too ;)
ref: 1993 November 22, Marcus E Engdahl, “European Resort Info?”, in rec.skiing (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
text: Listen, we're in need of a change and know that European things (especially French) seem to work well in the States. I'm prepared to bring over my know-how and create a Croissanterie or a Cręperie if someone is willing to fund it and offer us (il)legal immigrant status. I'll wait for your responses...........
ref: 2000 October 15, Jane, “Gore Invented the Internet”, in misc.news.internet.discuss (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
text: IMHO tourism today is based on exepriencing daily atmosphere, ambiences as much as on museum visits. Sitting on a terrace, watching daily life passing by, enter a croissanterie, a bakery,strolling through an open air market, drink quickly "un petit blanc" (glass of white wine), at the counter of the local bar, having a nap on a bench in the parc du Luxembourg, watch an amateur painter in a street of Montmartre....and finally go at night for a superb refined dinner for less than 200 FF per person!
ref: 2001 February 25, Jack, “Looking for Paris Itineraries”, in rec.travel.europe (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
text: “I’m determined, not obsessed,” he said recently from a croissanterie near his home.
ref: 2010 April 16, hein...@ruhrgasnet.de, “Montreal becoming another hacidic cesspool”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet), retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
glosses: A shop that sells croissants.
Four Crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Hatherton parish, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9509).
glosses: A village in Llandysilio community, Powys, Wales, originally in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2718).
glosses: A hamlet in Powys (OS grid ref SJ0508).
glosses: A hamlet in Brymbo community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2553).
croissanteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of croissanterie
Xixiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shēʹshyängʹ
Forms: form: Hsi-hsiang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西鄉 /西乡.
Senses: examples: text: Shensi has a complicated terrain, characterized by an ascending trend from south to north. The Ta Pa Shan range rises in the south, on the Szechwan-Shensi border. Its highest peak, Pa Shan, rises to 9,843 ft., near Sisiang County.
ref: [1965, Alfred C. Tan, “SHENSI”, in Collier's Encyclopedia, with Bibliography and Index, volume 20, The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 670, column 2:
text: By far the most definite evidence of the southern cultural affiliations of the Yang-shao people is the cultural sequence recently established by mainland Chinese archaeologists that the earliest phase of the Yang-shao culture is to be exemplified by the artifactual complex of the Li-chia-ts’un site in Hsi-hsiang county, Shensi, on the southern side of the Ch’in-ling Mountain.
ref: [1975, Ping-ti Ho, “Chronology and Paleoenvironment”, in The Cradle of the East: An Inquiry into the Indigenous Origins of Techniques and Ideas of Neolithic and Early Historic China, 5000-1000 B.C., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 39:
text: Established in 1952, the Communist Party branch of Yanghopa Township, Hsihsiang County, Shensi Province, now has 22 members. All of them have joined local mutual-aid and co-operative organizations in which they play the role of backbone and pace-setters.
ref: [1978 [1955 July 6], “The Party Branch of Yanghopa Township, Hsihsiang County, Gives Correct Leadership to Mutual Aid and Co-operation”, in General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, editor, Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside [中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）], First edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 214:
english: 中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）
translation: 中国农村的社会主义高潮（选本）
text: Huashang Daily investigated the local budget of Xixiang County in Hanzhong, Shanxi province in 2009 to learn about the effects of school merging. “The mergers saved the county almost 500 million yuan over the next 30 years,” it wrote.
ref: 2015 February 13, Yang Xin, “Students Left to Suffer Even as School Mergings End”, in Beijing Today, →OCLC, page 6:
text: Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network Intermediary Group Co.,Ltd.:
* Says it signs cooperation agreement with Xixiang County People’s Government, to undertake digital cable television, radio and television broadband construction project
ref: 2016 August 9, “BRIEF-Shaanxi Broadcast & TV Network Intermediary Group signs agreement”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023, TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Chenggu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛŋ.ɡu/
ipa: /t͡ʃʌŋ-/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑŋ-/
ipa: /t͡ʃæŋ-/
enpr: chǔngʹgo͞oʹ
Forms: form: Ch'eng-ku
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 城固.
Senses: examples: text: Zhang Qian, buried in his home town in Chenggu County, was the first envoy in Chinese history to visit the western regions and thus form the initial link between China and her western neighbours.
ref: 1991 [1987], Zongxu Zou, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian, Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 138:
text: The policy-making officials in the war capital of Chung-king had decided to relocate the Northwestern Teachers’ College from Ch’êng-ku county, southern Shênsi province, to Shih-li-tien, literally Ten-miles-distanced store, a suburb of the city of Lanchou, Kansu province.
ref: [2002, Chu Yin-tsung McIntyre, The Snow Storm Over Temple Ta-er, Pittsburg, Penn.: Dorrance Publishing Co., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1:
text: Li Jianguo, 49, headmaster of a rural primary school in Chenggu county in the northwester province of Shaanxi, was convicted of crimes committed from October of last year to May 2007.
ref: 2007 September 3, “Chinese primary school headmaster jailed for rape”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023, World News:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Liuba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Liu-pa
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 留壩 /留坝 (Liúbà).
Senses: examples: text: The initial motivation to go on a pilgrimage is also often twofold: one cannot pass Hanzhong without going to the Zhangliangmiao in Liuba County, and it is good to go to a holy place if one has a sick mother or a child of marriageable age.
ref: 2013, Adeline Herrou, translated by Livia Kohn, A World of Their Own: Daoist Monks and Their Community in Contemporary China, Three Pines Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 77:
text: On arriving in Hanzhong, Yongbao rushed into the Qinling Mountains to fight Zhang Hanchao.[…]When the two met at the seat of Liuba county after the battle, they quarreled bitterly: Yongbao accused Mingliang of not having come to his rescue sooner, and Mingliang blamed Yongbao for being defeated by the rebels.
ref: 2019, Yingcong Dai, “Mingliang's Fall and Nayancheng's Debut at the War Front”, in The White Lotus War: Rebellion and Suppression in Late Imperial China, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 153:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Hantai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: hänʹtīʹ
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From Mandarin 漢臺／汉台.
Senses: examples: text: Qi Jianwen, the chief inspector of the Hanzhong Public Security Bureau and head of its party discipline committee, personally met with police in Hantai District, who reportedly issued a decision on November 4 to revoke the residential surveillance order against Han, stating that the 'investigation had concluded' (Huashang News, 2009; Zhou Ze, 2009).
ref: 2013, Joshua D. Rosenzweig, “Resolving the 'endless narrative': criminal defamation and expression rights in China”, in Mike McConville, Eva Pils, editors, Comparative Perspectives on Criminal Justice in China, Edward Elgar Publishing, sourced from Huashang News (2009), “Twists and Turns in Hanzhong Defamation Case’ [Yibo sanzhe de hanzhong ‘feibang’an’), Huashang News [Huashang Bao], 12 August, available at http://hsb.hsw.cn/2009-08/12/content_7421548.htm (accessed 1 April 2011).; Zhou, Ze (2009), ‘After Filing Appeal, Defendant in Hanzhong “Internet Defamation Case” Mysteriously Withdraws It’ [Hanzhong ‘wangluo feibang’an’ beigao shangsu hou qiqiao chesu], in Zhou Ze Discusses Cases and Explains the Law (blog), 8 December, available at http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4bdb1fa00100gnth.html (accessed 30 March 2011)., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 380–381:
text: Tourists play in the flower field in Xujiaying village of Laojun town in Hantai district of Hanzhong city, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, March 23, 2018.
ref: 2018 March 24, “People enjoy blossoms across China”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 26 May 2022:
text: In April 2010 he was appointed pastor of West Street Cathedral, in the Hantai district. In December 2015 he became a member of the Catholic Provincial Committee ("the two sessions": Patriotic Association and Council of Bishops).
In 2012, and in 2017, he was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Consultative Political Conference in the district of Ren Hantai. On 11 April 2019, he was chosen as bishop of the Diocese of Hanzhong.
ref: 2019 August 28, “China, second bishop consecrated under Sino-Holy See agreement”, in Vatican News, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2019:
text: It is unknown how the mechanism of land use affects the landscape pattern at different scales. The Hantai District, a typical human settlement in the mountain area in Shaanxi, China, was chosen as the study area.
ref: 2021 February 20, Lei Wang, Lian Wu, Wei Zhang, “Impacts of land use change on landscape patterns in mountain human settlement: The case study of Hantai District (Shaanxi, China)”, in Journal of Mountain Science, volume 18, →DOI, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2022:
glosses: A district of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Nanzheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nan-cheng
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南鄭 /南郑.
Senses: examples: text: The Shensi Provincial CCP Committee recently issued a circular on its decision to take disciplinary action against (Tung Han-lu), deputy director of the Nancheng County Culture and Education Bureau, for making mistakes in student enrollment.
ref: [1978 February 2 [1978 January 31], “Shensi CCP Committee Denounces Mistakes in Student Enrollment”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 23, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page M 4:
text: In November a district of Nanzheng County set a fixed increase in family income as an "economic prerequisite" for only-daughter families seeking permission to have a second child.
ref: 1990, John S. Aird, Slaughter of the Innocents: Coercive Birth Control in China, Washington, D.C.: AEI Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 181:
text: The Xinhua state news agency said the attack occurred at 8 a.m. at a kindergarten in Nanzheng County of Hanzhong City.
ref: 2010 May 12, “7 Children Killed in School in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2010:
text: Eleven children were wounded in the attack soon after the school day started in Nanzheng county, a rural corner of Shaanxi province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
ref: 2021 March 19, Chris Buckley, Huang Yan, “Nine killed in latest China school rampage”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, World News:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Llandysilio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh llan + (Saint) Tysilio.
Senses: glosses: A small village and community in Powys, Wales, originally in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SJ2619).
wikipedia: Tysilio
Ningqiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɪŋˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/
enpr: nǐngʹchyängʹ
Forms: form: Ning-ch'iang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧強 /宁强.
Senses: examples: text: The troops of the ambitious Ch’in widened the old road which ran through the mountainous region, leading from the modern city of Ning-ch’iang 甯羌 in Shensi, into the Red Basin, by way of the modern cities of Kuang-yüan 廣元, Chao-hua 昭化 and Chien-ko 劍閣 in Szechwan.
ref: [1967, Chêng Tê-k’un, “Outline of the Study: Geographical and Historical Background”, in Archaeological Studies in Szechwan, Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 9:
text: The poorly fossiliferous lower redbeds of the Yangtze Platform Silurian sequence, the Rongxi Formation, have long presented a serious correlation problem. However, with the discovery in Ningqiang County, Shaanxi, that the laterally- equivalent Wangjiawan Formation contains a useful graptolitic and shelly fauna, this problem has been satisfactorily resolved.
ref: 1986, Mu En-zhi, A. J. Boucot, Chen Xu, Rong Jia-yu, Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15, column 2:
text: The latest fatality occurred in Ningqiang County, in Shaanxi Province, where a 5.6-magnitude quake struck at 3:54 a.m. The two other quakes followed, with the last being the strongest, at a magnitude of 6.0, at the juncture of Ningqiang County and Qingchuan County, in Sichuan Province.
ref: 2008 July 25, Edward Wong, “China: 3 Quakes Rattle Western Region, Killing One”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2018, Asia Pacific:
text: The development in tourism industry also promoted regional economic transformation and development. Located in Qinling-Bashan Mountains, Ningshaan County in Ankang has 28 tourism projects under construction at present with total investment of RMB 38 billion yuan. “In the past decade, the proportion of tourism revenue to GDP in Ningqiang County has increased from less than 3% to more than 20% and tourism industry has become a pillar industry.” said Lv Xuanqiang, Director of Tourism Administration of NingShaan County.
ref: 2017 May 12, “Shaanxi “Happiness Industry” as a New Way to Enrich the People and Develop the Province”, in The Government Website of Shaanxi Province, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2022:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
Lüeyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Luehyang
form: Lueyang
form: Lveyang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 略陽 /略阳 (Lüèyáng).
Senses: examples: text: Fu Lang's ancestral home was Linwei (臨渭) in Lüeyang (略陽) commandery (northeast of modern Tianshui (天水), Gansu).
ref: 2010, Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature, volume I, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 238:
text: Xingzhou was more than five hundred kilometers northeast of Chengdu, in modern Lüeyang 略陽 county, across today's border with Shaanxi.
ref: 2019, Franciscus Verellen, Imperiled Destinies: The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 318:
glosses: A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
Weibin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wāʹbǐnʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 渭濱 /渭滨.
Senses: examples: text: In order to research into quantitative risk assessment technique for multi-surface potential landslide, taking Xiayahe landslide which has four potential sliding surfaces in Weibin District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province as an example, based on large scale(1:10000) field survey, geotechnical exploration, indoor analytic research and by using international single landslide risk calculation formula, fundamental characteristic and fatalness of Xiayahe landslide were briefly described and potential harmfulness, influence scope of every different potential sliding surface , time-spatial probability, vulnerability and risk were deeply researched.
ref: 2009, He Shu-jun, Zhang Chun-shan, Chen Zhi-hua, Wu Shu-ren, Xin Peng, Ye Si-yuan, “Risk evaluation for Xiayahe landslide in Weibin District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, China”, in Geological Bulletin of China, volume 28, number 08, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2023:
text: (2) Highly adaptable areas include economically developed areas such as Weibin District and Jintai District. (3) High-vulnerability areas are Taibai County and Qianyang County. The higher vulnerability areas are Jixian, Linyou, Daishan, and Fufeng, the medium-fragile areas are the Chencang District and Fengxiang County, and the low-vulnerability areas are the Jintai District, Weibin District, Meixian County, and Feng County. Overall, the high-fragility areas of agricultural floods in Baoji City are concentrated in the northeastern part of the county.
ref: 2019, Xu Yu-xia [徐玉霞], Xu Xiao-ming [许小明], Fang Feng [方峰], He Rui [贺锐], “Assessment and zoning of vulnerability of agricultural flood disaster in Baoji City based on county scale [县域尺度下的宝鸡市农业洪水灾害脆弱性评价及区划]”, in Arid Land Geography [干旱区地理], →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12:
english: 干旱区地理
translation: 干旱区地理
text: Similarly, the government-approved Buddhist Association of Weibin District, Baoji City, Shanxi Province, order in May 2019 carried a prohibition on the spread of Tibetan Buddhism into the district. Document no. 2 (appended at the end of this report) obtained by the International Campaign for Tibet strictly prohibited Chinese Buddhist temples in Weibin district from inviting religious figures of Tibetan Buddhism or displaying physical attributes of Tibetan Buddhism in Chinese Buddhist temples.
ref: 2022 January 20, “Containing the “eastward movement of Tibetan mysticism”: Targeting Chinese Buddhist practitioners at Larung Gar Academy”, in International Campaign for Tibet, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022:
glosses: A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Weibin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wāʹbǐnʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 衛濱 /卫滨.
Senses: glosses: A district of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Jintai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪnˈtaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 金台 (Jīntái).
Senses: examples: text: Among the 922 cases investigated as listed in Table 5, 43.28 percent had second births within two years, and 67.03 percent within three years. And those who had second births when their first born children were only one year old accounted for 15.47 percent in Yang County, 30 percent in Yanchuan County, 15.68 percent in Mizhi County, and 20.41 percent in Jintai District of Baoji.
ref: 1986, Policy Conflicts in Post-Mao China: A Documentary Survey, with Analysis, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 353:
text: In Baoji Prefecture, Fengxiang, Qishan, Longxian, Qianyang, Meixian and Linyou counties as well as the Jintai and Weibin districts of Baoji City all hold large and small spring welcoming carnivals after the Spring Festival.
ref: 1997 January, Shi Baoxiu, “Celebrating Spring and the New Year - the Traditional Way”, in China Tourism, number 198, H.K. China Tourism Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23:
text: In this category, there is also Donglingcun 东岭村, a village of the Chencang Town 陈仓镇 of Jintai District 金台区 of Baoji 宝鸡 City of Shaanxi 陕西 Province which is a replica of Huaxicun in western China.
ref: 2015, Tan Chung, Himalaya Calling: The Origins of China and India, World Century Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 311:
text: The construction of a Three-Self church on Shengli Road in the Jintai district of Baoji city, in the northern province of Shaanxi, was funded by believers. Its Western architectural style gave it an impressive appearance; but not anymore: on April 2, local authorities started the demolition of the church.
ref: 2019 July 5, Zhou Xiaolu, “Over 100 Believers Pressured to Agree to Church Demolition”, in Bitter Winter, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2019:
text: Prior to the Experimental Zones, Jintai District of Baoji City in Shaanxi Province became a pilot zone for the scheme.[…]
Zhang Hongsheng is a villager in Dahuashu^([sic – meaning Dahuaishu]) Village in Panlong Town of Jintai District. When his son was due to marry, he was prepared for a big operation.
ref: 2021 April 12, Frank Hossack, “Vulgar Marriage Customs to be Outlawed by Nanjing District”, in The Nanjinger, SinoConnexion Ltd., archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021:
glosses: A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Chencang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chǔnʹtsängʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陳倉 /陈仓 (Chéncāng).
Senses: examples: text: Ch’en-ts'ang, an ancient name for Tang Feng-hsiang, the modern Pao-chi (Precious Pheasant) county, Shensi. The name derives from the story Wei alludes to: In ancient times, Duke Wen of Ch'in was hunting at Ch'en-ts’ang and encountered the magic bird on the north slope of Ch'en-ts'ang Mountain. It seemed like a stone and was the color of liver. When he returned, he sacrificed to it. It was thought to come from the southeast and possessed a voice like thunder which made all the wild pheasants call.
ref: [1988, Robin D. S. Yates, Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910), →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 123:
text: A gold tiger fitting from Weijiaya, Chencang District, Baoji City, dating to the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), has decorative spirals on its haunches very much like many of the animals found in Early La Tène contexts—the dogs on the rim of the Basse-Yutz flagons and the hybrid creature on the lid of the jug in Grave 2 at the Glauberg, for example.
ref: 2012, Peter S. Wells, “Contacts, Commerce, and the Dynamics of New Visual Patterns”, in How Ancient Europeans Saw the World: Vision, Patterns, and the Shaping of the Mind in Prehistoric Times, Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 204:
text: The main objective of this study was to apply a statistical (information value) model using geographic information system (GIS) to the Chencang District of Baoji, China.
ref: 2014 March 27, Wei Chen et al., “Landslide susceptibility mapping based on GIS and information value model for the Chencang District of Baoji, China”, in Arabian Journal of Geosciences, volume 7, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: He Zun, an early Western Zhou bronze vessel was unearthed from Jiacun Town, Baoji prefecture in Shaanxi Province (now known as Chencang District of Baoji) in 1963.
ref: 2022, Qingzhu Liu, “Archaeological Discoveries and Studies About the Ancient Capitals”, in Jing He, transl., A History of Un-fractured Chinese Civilization in Archaeological Interpretation, Springer, Sichuan People's Publishing House, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 216:
glosses: A district of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Qianyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 千陽 /千阳 (Qiānyáng)／汧陽／汧阳.
Senses: examples: text: Chienyang County, Shensi, has since last winter completed more than 50 water conservancy projects, including 14 reservoirs, increasing its irrigated area by over 65,000 mou.
ref: [1971 August 20 [1971 August 14], “Shensi Water Conservancy”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 162, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page H 4:
text: Chienyang County in Shensi Province on the loess highland has fairly rich water resources, but there was little irrigated land — averaging 0.4 mu per person — before the Cultural Revolution owing to interference and sabotage by Liu Shao-chi’s counter-revolutionary revisionist line.
ref: [1972, Chao Feng-nien, “Learning from Tachai Brings Big Changes”, in Tachai: Standard Bearer in China's Agriculture [大寨——中国农业战綫上的一面紅旗], 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 28:
english: 大寨——中国农业战綫上的一面紅旗
translation: 大寨——中国农业战綫上的一面紅旗
text: In recent archaeological excavations a number of ancient counting-rods have been unearthed. More than 30 rods were found in August 1971 in Qianyang County of Shaanxi Province.
ref: 1983, Rongzhao Mei, “The Decimal Place-Value Numeration and the Rod and Bead Arithmetics”, in 中国古代科技成就 [Ancient China's Technology and Science] (China Knowledge Series), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 58–59:
english: Ancient China's Technology and Science
translation: Ancient China's Technology and Science
glosses: A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
class-leading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more class-leading
form: most class-leading
Senses: glosses: In the best of its category.
Fengxiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: fǔngʹshyängʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鳳翔 /凤翔 (Fèngxiáng).
Senses: examples: text: In the verandah on the north side of the Ta Ch’eng Men (Gate of Great Perfection) which leads to the main enclosure, there used to stand ten drum-shaped blocks of black granite, the famous “STONE DRUMS."[…]
About seven miles south of Fenghsiang, in the province of Shensi, is a place still called Shih Ku Yuan (Stone Drums’ Origin) which is probably the spot where they were first hewn out.
ref: [1935, L. C. Arlington, “The Temple of Confucius and the Lama Temple”, in In Search of Old Peking, published 2015, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 195:
text: A wealthy Chinese Christian in Shensi, planning to move to the safety of Szechuan province, now offered to lend the Bible School some larger premises he owned in Paoki, a city at the end of the railway line to the south west of Fengsiang. They therefore gladly moved from their crowded quarters, leaving the Fishers alone in the Fengsiang compound.
ref: [1986, Dorothy R. Pape, “The Red Grip Tightens”, in Go for it!, Burlington, Ontario: Welch Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 89-90:
text: "Archeologists drew almost a complete blank in their search of the inner tomb," the official New China News Agency said Saturday in a report of excavations at the tomb site, thought to be between 2,200 and 2,800 years old. The site is in Fengxiang County of Shaanxi Province, about 90 miles west of the ancient Yellow River capital of Xian.
ref: 1986 June 16, “CHINESE TOMB FOUND TO BE VICTIM OF GRAVE ROBBERS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, B, page 10:
text: The lead and zinc smelter in Changqing in Fengxiang county, close to Baoji city in Shaanxi province, has about 33,000 tonnes of annual lead capacity and 66,000 tonnes of zinc capacity.[…]
The incident in Fengxiang county also caused authorities to tighten controls and checks on lead smelters nationwide and close three smelting facilities in Jiyuan city in neighbouring Henan province, the top producing area in China, which is the world's top maker of metal widely used in batteries.
ref: 2010 March 12, Polly Yam, “China Dongling to reopen lead/zinc plant this month”, in Ed Lane, editor, Reuters, sourced from HONG KONG, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2010:
glosses: A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Linyou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lin-yu
Etymology: From Mandarin 麟遊 /麟游.
Senses: examples: text: In recent years, important evidence has come to light about a detached palace of the Sui and Tang. Known as Renshougong during the Sui dynasty and as Jiuchenggong in Tang times, its remains lie in Linyou county of Shaanxi province, about 163 kilometers from the capital Daxing-Chang’an.
ref: 2002, Fu Xinian, “The Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties”, in Nancy S. Steinhardt, editor, Chinese Architecture, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 105:
text: In April 639 the Emperor was staying in Jiucheng Palace (in Linyou, Shaanxi Province, which is one hundred and sixty kilometers northwest to Chang'an).
ref: 2013, Hing Ming Hung, Li Shi Min, Founding the Tang Dynasty: The Strategies that Made China the Greatest, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 161:
glosses: A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Qishan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: chēʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
homophone: Cishan
Forms: form: Kishan
form: Chishan
form: Chi-shan
form: Ch'i-shan
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 岐山 (Qíshān).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mount Qi, A mountain in Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
synonyms: word: Mount Qi
word: A mountain in Baoji
word: Shaanxi
word: China
glosses: Synonym of Zongzhou, former capital of the Zhou, now An archaeological site in Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
synonyms: word: Zongzhou
word: former capital of the Zhou
word: now An archaeological site in Baoji
word: Shaanxi
word: China
examples: text: In one village in Chi-shan county . . . the village chief bought his son a wife with money be got by selling a cow and two huts.
ref: [1965 [1959], C. K. Yang, Chinese Communist Society: The Family and The Village, The M.I.T. Press, →OCLC, page 211:
text: In 1977 a large body of fragments of Chou dynasty oracle bone inscriptions was discovered at Chi-shan county in Shensi province.
ref: [1985, Benjamin I. Schwartz, The World of Thought in Ancient China, Belknap Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 424-425:
text: The Mao Kung Ting was unearthed in Chi Shan County, Shensi Province around 1848. Chi Shan, located 75 miles west of Sian, is also located forty-five miles beyond the site of the famous 1974 discovery of the army of 6,000 clay figures which guarded the grave of Emperor Chʻin Shih Huang Ti.
ref: [1989, Edward Seu Chen Mau, “The Past as Prologue”, in The Mau Lineage, Honolulu: Hawaii Chinese History Center, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
text: Throughout Chinese history, Qishan county in Shaanxi province has been known as the ancestral homeland of the Zhou 周 people. In reality, the actual site of the Zhou homeland, known as the Zhouyuan 周原 (Plain of Zhou), includes only the eastern edge of Qishan county, where it meets Fufeng county (fig. 12-1).
ref: 2004, Edward L. Shaughnessy, “Western Zhou Hoard and Family Histories in the Zhouyuan”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 255:
text: A quilt factory in Shaanxi's Qishan county was caught using juvenile workers who were forced to work 12 hours a day without pay for nearly six months.
ref: 2007 July 8, “Unpaid boys working in harsh conditions at Shaanxi factory”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2021:
glosses: A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
Qishan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: chēʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
homophone: Cishan
Forms: form: Kishan
form: Chishan
form: Chi-shan
form: Ch'i-shan
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 旗山 (Qíshān).
Senses: examples: text: For two decades Mr. Lu, 76, cultivated his banana trees in the Qishan district, rising at 5 a.m. and working until sunset.
ref: 2013 September 13, Catherine Shu, “Taiwan Tries to Revive Its Banana Export Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2013, Global Business:
text: For Qishan, Meinong and Foguangshan you’re best off catching a bus outside Kaohsiung Zuoying HSR Station/Zuoying KMRT Station. From there Freeway Bus #10 is the quickest and cheapest service to Qishan (departs every 20mins on w/days 🕘 06.30-23.00 Mon-Fri, less frequent at w/ends; takes 40mins; NTD50).
ref: 2014, Steven Crook, “Kaohsiung and Pingtung”, in Taiwan (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 246:
text: The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) stated that Minister Hsiao–yueh Chang today (June 9, 2017) participated in a “Mobile Service Train activity” held by the National Immigration Agency in Qishan District, Kaohsiung City.
ref: 2017 June 9, “MAC Minister Chang Participates in "Mobile Service Train" Activity and Emphasizes that the Government will Continue to Protect the Rights and Interest of Mainland Spouses Living in Taiwan”, in Mainland Affairs Council, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of Cishan (Taiwan)
Taibai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 太白 (Tàibái).
Senses: examples: text: During the Cultural Revolution, Taipai County built 44 roads, increasing the length of motorable road by 360 kilometers.
ref: [1974 June 6 [1974 June 1], “Briefs: Shensi County Road-Building”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 110, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page M 1:
text: By 1969, Jia Qianrui and Hong Youdao initiated the relocation of the 22 Base’s central nuclear warhead storage functions to Taibai County, Shaanxi Province.
A number of factors may have led to the move. First, Taibai County may have been designated as the ultimate location of China’s nuclear weapons stockpile as early as 1958. Taibai County had been identified as a candidate reserve storage site in the 1958 survey, and this may have been a factor in the establishment of Taibai County in the early-1960s.
ref: 2013 July, Mark A. Stokes, “Securing Nuclear Arsenals: A Chinese Case Study”, in Nuclear Weapons Security Crises: What Does History Teach?, Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 71–72:
glosses: A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.