nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Shangzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 商州. 1. A district of Shangluo, Shaanxi, China. Example: In (Yangyuho) commune, Shang County, during the construction of small water-conservancy projects, class enemies spread all sorts of rumors, and even deliberately caused accidents at work to injure people and to carry out sabotage. Example: Because this story was brought to light by Gao Lujie and other physicians of international renown, the Chinese government could only temporarily treat Gao as a “target of internal control.” But AIDS had already spread beyond Henan Province, and journalists who reported on a serious outbreak in the Shangzhou district of Shaanxi Province were investigated and prosecuted.
Word: Weinan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 渭南 (Wèinán). 1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China. Example: Shuang-wang is situated on the rich loess of the Wei River valley near the city of Weinan in Shensi Province. Example: When he assumed his duties as imperial agent, one of those who came to pay him a courtesy visit was Chao Chun-jui, the Moslem merchant from Weinan County in Shensi who had bought a large part of the jade sold by Kao P’u’s predecessor, Ma Hsing-a.
Word: Walgherton Part of Speech: name 1. A small village and civil parish (served by Hatherton and Walgherton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6948).
Word: Tongguan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潼關 /潼关 (Tóngguān). 1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: In many localities it remained difficult to keep the ti-fang and pao-chia functionally apart. For instance, a ti-fang agent was instituted (1763) in each of the villages of T'ung-kuan Hsien (Shensi) to supervise the p'ai divisions and to assist the pao-chang in carrying out his police control duties. Example: Travelling by day and resting by night, Kuo Tieh-shan came to the province of Shensi. Since Mr Yin was the magistrate of Tungkuan County, Kuo had to go out of his way to call on him.
Word: Huayin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 華陰 /华阴 (Huàyīn). 1. A county-level city of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Mistress Yang was born in 718 in the little town of Huayin in the province of Shensi,² through which the modern Lunghai railway runs on its way from Ch'angan to the sea. Example: I visited Hua Shan in the summer of 1935. It was an easy place to reach because the train to Sian stopped conveniently at a little place called Hua Yin, which means ‘under the shadow of Hua Shan’. The Hua Shan massif did indeed dominate Hua Yin.
Word: Răsuceni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Răsuceni. 1. A village and commune of Giurgiu County, Romania.
Word: Huazhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 化州 (Huàzhōu). 1. A county-level city of Maoming, Guangdong, China. Example: Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have shelved plans to build a public crematorium near Huazhou city after clashes between protesters and riot police firing tear gas and wielding batons. Last week's clashes in Huazhou's Wenlou township, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Hong Kong, saw around 1,000 armed riot police take over the town after residents made barricades on the streets to block the passage of armored vehicles, local residents told RFA at the time.
Word: Huazhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 華州 /华州 (Huàzhōu). 1. A district of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Guanzhong Basin is a crucial food production area in China. Located in the east of the Guanzhong Basin, Huazhou District is not only an agricultural area, but also contains some factories, contributing significantly to the urban agglomeration in Guanzhong. Due to the rapid industrialization and urbanization development, Huazhou District has experienced environmental problems and water crisis (Wu and Sun, 2016). For example, the water coming from the river channel of Jijiahe Reservoir is mainly industrial wastewater, and over the years, the reservoir has been seriously silted up and the ecology of watershed has deteriorated. Xue et al. (2016) have demonstrated that the nitrate concentration of the Wei River in Huazhou District is higher than in upstream river sections. 2. A subdistrict of Huazhou district, Weinan, Shaanxi, China, formerly a town.
Word: Linwei Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 臨渭 /临渭. 1. A district of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Former reporter Xie Zhaoping , 55, has been detained at the Linwei district police station in Weinan , Shaanxi , for 'illegal business' after publishing Large Migration, a 100,000-word book, in May. Example: In one case reported on December 1, 1997, Judge Zhao Huanchi of Minsheng Road Court in the Linwei district, Shanxi^([sic – meaning Shaanxi]), issued a subpoena on November 4 to the manager of Weinan Food Service Company, requesting that the manager come to the court. On the next day, however, the company sent a letter to Zhao arguing that, according to a recent document of the Linwei district government, any court’s subpoena first had to have permission from the district leaders.
Word: Scorțaru Nou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Scorțaru Nou. 1. A commune of Brăila County, Romania. 2. A village in Scorțaru Nou, Brăila County, Romania.
Word: Săhăteni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Săhăteni. 1. A commune and village in Buzău County, Romania.
Word: Sălcuța Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Sălcuța. 1. Various villages in Romania. 2. A commune of Dolj County, Romania.
Word: Săpata Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Săpata. 1. A commune of Argeș County, Romania. 2. A village in Măceșu de Jos, Dolj County, Romania.
Word: Traian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Traian. 1. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 2. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 3. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 4. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 5. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 6. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 7. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 8. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 9. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 10. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 11. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 12. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 13. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 14. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 15. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 16. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 17. The name of a number of locations in Romania: 18. The name of a number of locations in Romania:
Word: Țintești Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Țintești. 1. A village and commune of Buzău County, Romania.
Word: Țițești Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Țițești. 1. A village and commune of Argeș County, Romania.
Word: Four Oaks Part of Speech: name 1. A place in England: 2. A place in England: 3. A place in England: 4. A place in England: 5. A place in England: 6. A town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States.
Word: Heyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 合陽 /合阳. 1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: The most direct road from Hanch'eng to Hsian lies through the cities of T'ungchou Fu and Weinan Hsien across the plains along the Yellow River, but we followed a slightly longer route further north across the loess uplands via Hoyang, Ch'engch'eng, P'uch'eng, Fup'ing, and Sanyuan, a week's journey by a good and mostly level trail.[…] Hoyang is a fairly large city, the centre of a first class district; but it is a poor-looking place inside, like most of these purely agricultural prairie towns, and is not to be compared with Hanch'eng, which probably does a good deal of trade with prosperous Shansi. Example: As a result, some 1,000 activists in reading Chairman Mao's works have emerged in Hoyang County, Shensi Province.
Word: Hancheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 邗城 (Hánchéng), from 邗溝 /邗沟 (Hángōu, “Han Canal”) + 城 (chéng, “wall, walled city”), from its placement to guard the southern end of the canal beside the Yangtze. 1. A former town in China, located within modern Yangzhou. Labels: historical
Word: Hancheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin 韓城 /韩城 (Hánchéng), from the earlier march of 韓國 /韩国 (Hánguó) in the area, from 韓 /韩 (hán, “puteal”). 1. A county-level city of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: To hasten the conclusion of the Communist-suppression campaign by checking the retreat of the Red remnants from Shansi back to Shensi, General Yang Hu-cheng, Pacification Commissioner for Shensi, has established a provisional headquarters at Hancheng on the Shensi-Shansi border about 70 kilometers south of Yichuen[.] Example: The "Red Flag" commune in Hancheng County set up a correspondence and newspaper-reading network in the brigades. Every correspondence group at all levels is under the charge of a responsible person of the revolutionary committee.
Word: Chengcheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 澄城 (Chéngchéng). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃæŋ.t͡ʃæŋ/ 1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Ch’eng was located south of the modern capital of Ch’eng-ch’eng County, eastern Shensi. Example: Zhaojiahe is a single-surname village, which is not unusual in this area.⁸ It is under the administration of Leijiawa township, Chengcheng county, the Weinan district of Shaanxi province (see map 5).
Word: Baishui Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白水 (Báishuǐ). 1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Mourners fell ill Sunday in Baishui, a rural county northwest of the provincial capital, Xi’an. Four remained in serious condition, the report said. Example: It was my good fortune around this time also to be selected as vice-governor for a year in Baishui county, recognized as a Chinese National Poverty County, located in Shaanxi province of China.
Word: Pucheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 蒲城. 1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Little is known about Yang Hu-ch’eng’s family background or early life except that he was born in Pucheng, Shensi, and that he became a bandit. Example: A woman was jailed for 15 years in Weinan for helping her father blow up a bus in Pucheng county in January in a failed attempt to kill his wife,[…]reports.
Word: Fuping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 阜平 (Fùpíng). 1. A county of Baoding, Hebei, China. Example: Indeed, given China’s rampant corruption, another big question surrounding the antipoverty campaign, announced a few days after Mr. Xi’s visit, is how much of the additional $40 million that provincial authorities will funnel to Luotuowan and other villages in the surrounding county of Fuping next year will actually reach those in need.
Word: Fuping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 富平 (Fùpíng). 1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Under an invitation from Kuan and Second Front Army Commander Ho Lung, the two young men visited troops at Chuangli, Fuping, on their way home. Example: Zhang Shuxia, 55, an obstetrician in north-western Shaanxi province's Fuping county, was found guilty of selling the babies for as much as 21,600 yuan $3,600 (2,195 pounds) each between 2011 and 2013, the court in Weinan city said.
Word: ahistoricity Part of Speech: noun 1. Lack of historicity. Labels: uncountable
Word: Three Oaks Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Guestling parish, Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ8314). 2. A census-designated place in Lee County, Florida, United States. 3. A village and township in Berrien County, Michigan, United States.
Word: Guestling Part of Speech: name 1. A civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England.
Word: Xianyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 咸陽 (Xiányáng). 1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China. Example: The empire was divided into thirty-six ‘commanderies’. Each of these was controlled by a military and a civil governor, with an imperial inspector charged with overseeing them and reporting back to the Ch’in capital at Hsienyang. Example: Far less known, but almost as impressive, was Meng T’ien’s construction of a superhighway connecting the Chinese capital of Hsienyang (just across the Wei River from Ch’ang-an) with the newer sections of the Great Wall in Inner Mongolia.
Word: Yangling Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 楊陵 /杨陵 (Yánglíng). 1. A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: This year the Yangling district, designated by the provincial government as a base for harvesting improved seed varieties, not only planted the Xiaoyan numbers 6, 107, and 168 and the Shaanxi number 213 seed varieties which are so well-liked by the people, but it also planted such new and improved seed varieties as the superior new composite Xinong number 85 and the Shaanxi 229, 897, and 84G6 varieties, among others. Example: In Yangling, a district of 155,000 people that has been a center for agricultural sciences since the 1930s, several problems with the government’s attempt to sidestep privatization are apparent.
Word: Wugong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 武功 (Wǔgōng). 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: The heart of the centre is in Yangling town in Wukung County, 80 kilometres from Sian, the provincial capital. Example: According to a report last week by Huashang Daily, several schools in rural Shaanxi province are struggling to keep their pupils warm after their coal-fired heaters were dismantled during the anti-smog campaign. A primary school in Wugong county had neither a gas supply nor an electricity connection powerful enough to run the heaters on its air conditioning units, it said.
Word: Xingping Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 興平 /兴平 (Xīngpíng). Pronunciation: /ʃɪŋˈpɪŋ/ 1. A county-level city of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Very little is known about Ma Chun's early life. He was born in a poor family in what is today Hsingping county in Shansi^([sic – meaning Shensi]) province. Example: A recent discovery is a bronze vessel with an inlaid gold ornament, excavated at Tou-ma-ts’un, Hsing-p’ing County, Shensi Province. It dates from the Late Eastern Chou period.
Word: Qindu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秦都. 1. A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: A case in point is the village of Tiezu, or Iron Mouth in English, located in Qindu county on the outskirts of Xianyang, a former ancient capital of China in central Shaanxi province. Starting this year, newlyweds in Qindu district have been required to sign contracts pledging to support their parents after age 60. Example: To help protect the rights of the elderly, particularly in rural areas, some localities have begun requiring contracts of support between elderly parents and their children. A case in point is the village of Tiezu, or Iron Mouth in English, located in Qindu county on the outskirts of Xianyang, a former ancient capital of China in central Shaanxi province. Starting this year, newlyweds in Qindu district have been required to sign contracts pledging to support their parents after age 60.
Word: Weicheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 渭城 (Wèichéng). 1. A district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
Word: Weicheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 濰城 /潍城 (Wéichéng). 1. A district of Weifang, Shandong, China. Example: The museum is located on the eastern bank of the Bailang River in the Weicheng District of Weifang City and can be reached from Zibo, Qingdao or Yantai. Example: I am 22 years of age. I live in Weicheng District of Weifang City.
Word: Jingyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 涇陽 /泾阳 (Jīngyáng). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪŋˈjæŋ/ 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Too busy to concern themselves with war propagandists’ nightmares,. but resolved to defend their newly-won right to the pursuit of happiness, these women of a mutual-aid team in Chingyang County, Shensi Province, chat about what they plan te do with their good cotton harvest this year. Example: Located in Jinghe New City, Jingyang County, Xianyang, Shaanxi, the church has a sanctuary with a seating capacity of over 1,000 and the space between the sanctuary and the offices can accommodate an additional 300.
Word: Sanyuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 三原 (Sānyuán). 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: Cooperative medical service has enjoyed rapid development in Sanyuan County, Shensi. Example: Three men prominent in these groups were arrested, including Sian NLVC leader Yü Chih-yuan. In addition, a warrant was circulated for Li Lien-pi, director of the NLVC Northwest Bureau, who happened to be out of town; he was picked up in Sanyuan County in July. With the apprehension of still another young man, the incarcerated leaders became known as the “Five Youths of Sian,” and a movement was undertaken to secure their release.
Word: Chunhua Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 淳化 (Chúnhuà). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃuːnˈhwɑː/ 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: THE road in Chunhua county, Shensi province was lined with poplar trees. Waiting at a bus stop beneath one of them was a woman commune member with a child of four or five. The child kept running among the young trees, occasionally shaking them. "Don't do that," the mother scolded. "Everybody takes care of the trees and you should too." In fact, most of the roads in Chunhua county are now lined with trees and most of the people do feel about them like this farm mother. Example: The Kan-ch’üan (Sweet Spring) Palace was built on Kan-ch’üan Mountain, about fifteen miles northwest of modern Ch’un-hua 淳化 County in Shensi (T’an Ch’i-hsiang, 2:15).
Word: Liquan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 禮泉 /礼泉. Pronunciation: /ˌliːˈt͡ʃwɛn/ 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: In the first half of this year Lichuan County built five small factories, including a cement works. Example: The account centers around Wang Pao-ching, a technical activist in Lichuan county, Shensi province. As early as 1952, Wang proposed that greatly increased maize yields could be realized with the introduction of scientific farming.
Word: Yongshou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永壽 /永寿 (Yǒngshòu). 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: There was little poppy cultivation to note during the day : when nearing the uplands after leaving Pin Chou I saw a man carrying a bundle of poppy-stalks, with capsules, down hill and near the village of Ti-yao-kou, ten miles from Yung-shou Hsien, but still within the department of Pin Chou, I observed one field of poppy-stems with capsules from which the opium had been collected. Between Pin Chou and Yung-shou Hsien the cart traffic was the heaviest I had seen since leaving Lan-chou. Example: Yongshou County to the north-west of Xi’an has also seen growth: from 1,200 Christians in just one church in 1992 to over 4,000 baptised believers in thirteen churches in 1996.
Word: Binzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 彬州. 1. A county-level city of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
Word: Binzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濱州 /滨州 (Bīnzhōu). 1. A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China. Example: Li Jundang, manager of Shandong Binzhou Tianjian Biotechnology, a wheat gluten producer in the city of Binzhou, about 200 miles north of here, said, “We never heard the news of tainted pet food.” Example: The city of Binzhou in eastern China's Shandong province, home to top aluminum producer China Hongqiao Group, is planning five new projects to support development of a high-end aluminum industry, according to a local government document.
Word: Changwu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 長武 /长武. Pronunciation: /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈwu/ 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: In the city of Changwu on the Shensi-Kansu border he executed three commanders from the Third Nationalist Army whose brutality had provoked the Red Spear uprising. Example: The threat of a war—it was feared a nuclear war—between Russia and China was brewing in the later months of 1968. (Actual hostilities broke out in 1969 and the whole school was evacuated.) Because of the general threat of possible nuclear attack, those of us who were left at the school were sent to Changwu County (a six-hour drive) to help dig fallout shelters.
Word: Xunyi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旬邑. 1. A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China. Example: At the end of 1927 the Communists were "purged" from the Kuomintang, and although in 1928 a short-lived soviet government had been proclaimed at Hsunyi, it was crushed by General Feng Yu-hsiang's pro-Nanking troops. Example: Then in August 1978, the People’s Daily reported a directive transmitted by Hua Kuo-feng, then chairman of CPC, concerning the despotic practices of the cadres in Hsunyi county of Shensi province.
Word: Tongchuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 銅川 /铜川 (Tóngchuān). 1. A prefecture-level city of Shaanxi, China. Example: Shensi has abundant coal deposits distributed throughout the province, one of the largest being at T’ung-ch’uan. Example: The blast, one of the worst in China in decades, hit the Chenjiashan coal mine in Tongchuan in the northwestern province of Shaanxi just days after the pit had caught fire.
Word: Yaozhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 耀州. 1. A district of Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China. Example: The three species of Tasmanognathus (T. borealis, T. gracilis and T. shichuanheensis) erected by An in An et al. (1985) from the Yaoxian Formation (DarriwilianSandbian) of Yaozhou District (formerly Yaoxian) of Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province in North China exhibit similar species apparatus and closely related morphological variations of constituent elements. Example: Mt. Yaowang, is situated in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Xi’an. To get there travelers can take a coach from Xi’an North Long-distance Bus Station to Yaozhou District in Tongchuan City.
Word: Wangyi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 王益. 1. A district of Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China.
Word: Yintai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 印台. 1. A district of Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China. Example: The old city of Tongchuan are Wangyi district and Yintai District.[…] In September 29, 1984, a slope over 65,000 m3 collapsed in Yintai District, destroyed 23 houses and 50 people died. Example: Figure 5 e shows the salt weathering of a natural slope in Yintai District, Tongchuan City, where can be classified as valleys and ridges considering its topographic feature.
Word: Yijun Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 宜君 (Yíjūn). 1. A county of Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China. Example: Three early Republican incidents, all originating in Shaanxi province, exemplify much more aggressive moves. In the course of the first one (1913),[...]Sixteen months later in Yijun county, opium commissar Wang Jiechen and more than ten policemen escorting him were killed by one hundred bandits, who had been commissioned by local opium-growers to protect forbidden poppy plants in exchange for a share in the profits from opium sales. The bandits went on to occupy the county capital. Example: In Yijun County in Shaanxi Province, the police said they had collected more than 11,700 samples, or one quarter.
Word: Huangling Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 黃陵 /黄陵. 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: HUANG DI, the legendary Yellow Emperor to whom is attributed the founding of the Chinese nation about 2000 B.C., is said to have been buried on the loess plateau. There is a tomb in Shaanxi province’s Huangling county which has long been honored as his. Example: On April 4, 1938, Chang Kuo-tao, another leader of the Chinese Communists, went from Yenan, Shensi, to Chungpu (renamed Huangling, 1944) in his capacity of acting chairman of the Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia Border Government to attend the sacrificial services to the tomb of the Yellow Emperor.
Word: XOFFs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of XOFF Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Luochuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 洛川 (Luòchuān). 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: On the basis of the loess section in Luochuan, Shaanxi Province, thirteen climatic cycles (L1-L13) and twenty-one subcycles can be distinguished, and the climatic variations indicated agree to the fact that the oscillation magnitude after the Brunhes/the Matuyama 700,000 yrs ago in the Early Pleistocene, was the greatest. Example: Local police in Luochuan County in Shaanxi, central China told NBC News on Thursday they were investigating the incident, which took place on Monday.
Word: XONs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of XON Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Huanglong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃龍 /黄龙 (Huánglóng). Pronunciation: /ˈhwɑŋ lɔŋ/, /-lɒŋ/ 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: The members of the medical team in the Shancha people's commune of Huanglung County try Chinese medicinal herbs and acupuncture to treat Kaschin-Beck disease and Keshan disease. Example: However, there were quite a large number of villages, especially in poor areas, where eight or nine peasants had to support one local-level cadre. This was true in impoverished Huanglong County in Shaanxi. While Huanglong is a small county with only 40,000-odd people, it has more than 4,400 cadres and civil servants working in 308 departments. In the early years after "liberation" in 1949, however, the comparative ratio was only twenty-eight farmers to one official.
Word: Yichuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 宜川 (Yíchuān). 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: Hukou Waterfalls is the second largest waterfall in China, behind Huangguoshu in Guizhou Province. It lies in Hukou Township, Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province, with Jixian County in Shanxi Province on the opposite bank. Example: Military expenses were frequently at the root of such deficits. One early investigation of arrears in Shaanxi’s Yichuan county is typical. An audit of the Yichuan granary revealed a shortage of nearly 3,000 piculs (dan) of grain.
Word: Yichuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 伊川 (Yīchuān). 1. A county of Luoyang, Henan, China. Example: The Yichuan County revolutionary committee was set up on 27 January. Some 27,000 people in Yichuan County held a celebration rally. (Wang I), commissar of Loyang military subdistrict, on behalf of the Loyang Special District revolutionary committee and the Loyang military subdistrict, attended and fervently congratulated the rally. Example: A rural lender based in China’s central Henan province sought to assure depositors of its financial health after a high volume of over-the-counter requests at some of its branches on Tuesday, amid concerns of liquidity issues at smaller Chinese lenders. As a result, operation at those branches was slower than usual, Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank, which has 33 branches operating only in Henan’s Yichuan county, said in a notice posted on its official WeChat account.
Word: Yanchang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 延長 /延长 (Yáncháng). 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: Subsequently our army completed the Long March from south Shensi to north Shensi and reached Yungping in Yenchang County on 18 September 1935 to join forces with the 26th and 27th Red armies. Example: A natural gas well operated by Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Group has been burning for nearly a week since drilling in the well caused gas to leak out and explode,[…] The accident took place late in the night on July 23 as workers drilled a gas well 2,750 meters under the ground in Yanchang County, said the official.
Word: Baota Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寶塔 /宝塔 (Bǎotǎ). 1. A district of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: The police have reported this case to Yan’an Baota District Procuratorate which will decide whether or not to issue an arrest order for Zhang within seven days. Example: In a humiliating reversal for local police, Baota District People’s Procuratorate in Yan’an city, Shaanxi has thrown out their case against a local man accused of watching pornographic VCDs and obstructing justice.
Word: Ganquan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甘泉 (Gānquán). 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: In the Kanchuan-Laoshan campaign, this army group wiped out most of the enemy 110th Division, killed its divisional commander and in a subsequent action destroyed four battalions of the enemy’s 107th Division at Yulinchiao, Kanchuan County. Example: The Twenty-sixth Army now freed Yenchang, Anting, Chinchien, and thus a large area round Yenan was liberated. The people were in control in Kanchuan and Fuhsian, and then in August of that year, the North-eastern Army arrived under Chang Hsueh-hang, the Young Marshal, and their slogan was 'Root out the communist bands in a month'.
Word: Zichang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 子長 /子长 (Zǐcháng, literally “Zichang, name of 謝子長 (Xie Zichang)”). Pronunciation: /ˌ(d)zɪˈtʃɑŋ/ 1. A county-level city of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China, formerly a county. Example: By 1940 Hsu was identified as a deputy director of the Party Central Committee's Propaganda Department, a post he was to hold for about two decades. From late in the next year until 1946, he also served as a representative from An-ting (now Tzu-ch’ang) hsien, located north of Yenan, in the Second Assembly of the Shensi-Kansu-Ninghsia Border Region Government. Example: 'Continuing our tour, we arrived at night at Tzuchang, north of Yenan in Shensi province. Before turning in we had a look around. It was bright moonlight and all around the sides of the valley flames of charcoal-burning and iron-smelting leaped up.
Word: Ansai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 安塞 (Ānsài). Pronunciation: /ˌɑːnˈsaɪ/ 1. A district of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: ITINERARY NO. 2. Yen-an Fu to Yü-lin Fu (via Ching-pien Hsien). Distance, 211 miles; 10 stages. Mule track all the way, though big wheeled carts could be used in the Ordos. STAGE 1. Chou-tung (20 miles). General direction: N.W. Good mule track following valley all the way. Pass An-sai Hsien (15 miles), where there are inns. Cross river once or twice without difficulty. Good inn at Chou-tung (a small village). Example: 3. Ansai district—Ansai is densely populated and rich in agricultural products; besides, it is safely placed from bombardment.
Word: Zhidan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 志丹 (Zhìdān, literally “Zhidan, name of 劉志丹 (Liu Zhidan)”). 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: Pao-an was a county in the northwestern part of Shensi Province. It is now called Chihtan County. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China had its headquarters there from early July 1936 to January 1937. Later it moved to Yenan. Example: With so many able-bodied men and women fighting in guerrilla units, old women and children had to work. For example, in “Chih-tan county of district one, a 52 year old woman in Ts’ai-she-p’ing village had reclaimed about two acres of land within only one month.”
Word: Wuqi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吳起 /吴起 (Wúqǐ, literally “Wu Qi”). 1. A county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China. Example: Wuqi has been able to try a different economic model because it is neither too rich nor too poor. Located in Shaanxi Province, about a third of the way west from Beijing toward Tibet, it is too remote to be a factory boomtown.[…] In Wuqi, Internet service works quite well, and personal computers have become common in the last few years. “All my colleagues shop online,” says Ma Jingye, 24, who works for the county government. She was using the Internet regularly while she was going to college in Beijing, and when she returned to Wuqi this summer, she was surprised to find it had caught on there, too.
Word: Wuqi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 梧棲 (Wúqī). 1. A district of Taichung, Taiwan. Example: Especially dry locations included Taichung's Wuqi District, which recorded only 0.5 mm of rainfall during July, and Chiayi weather station, which reported 58 mm, the bureau said. Example: A factory fire broke out in Taichung City’s Wuqi District on Saturday evening (Jan. 6), with plumes of smoke frightening nearby residents.
Word: Dingbian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 定邊 /定边 (Dìngbiān). 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Other motor roads include one running northwestward from Yenan via Ching-pien to the salt-producing area in the vicinity of Ting-pien. Another runs from Ting-pien southeast to Ch’ing-yang. A fourth road reportedly runs from Ch’ing-chien on the Yenan-Mi-chih road to Ching-pien on the Yenan-Ting-pien road. Example: The land of the Hsiaotantzu brigade in Tingpien county was getting only about 100 kg. of grain per mu.
Word: Jingbian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靖邊 /靖边 (Jìngbiān). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.bi.æn/, /-bi.ɛn/ 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Former dwellings of Chairman Mao Tsetung in northern Shensi's Chingpien County have been opened to the public as historic sites. Chairman Mao stayed there between April and August, 1947, during the war of liberation. Example: JINGBIAN, China - As a truck driver hauling crude from private wells sprouting up all over this arid countryside, Gao had a bird's-eye view of the oil boom that was sweeping this county in the 1990's.[…] The total investment was $84,000, a princely sum in northern Shaanxi Province, a hardscrabble moonscape of dusty, yellow-earth hills at the edge of the Gobi Desert.[…] Mr. Zhu's wife said he was formally arrested on June 22, after weeks of detention in Jingbian, during which the authorities denied holding him.
Word: Hengshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 橫山 /横山 (Héngshān). 1. A district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Born in Hengshan, Shensi, in 1891, he and Liu Chih-tan built the Party there, and its isolated Red base became a sanctuary for the Communists at the end of the Long March. Example: Then he tried to run away. He wanted to get to Yulin, 240 li away, or to Hengshan, 120 li away. 2. A rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Example: In Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County, one person died after being hit by a falling electric pole. Example: Meanwhile, Hsieh had time to post on Facebook, where he said that after the town of Wasaka in Tottori Prefecture and Hsinchu County's Hengshan Township signed a sister city agreement, the target of 140 pairs of sister cities was reached and he feels a great sense of achievement.
Word: Zizhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 子洲 (Zǐzhōu, literally “Zizhou, name of 李子洲 (Li Zizhou)”). Pronunciation: /ˌ(d)zɪˈd͡ʒoʊ/ 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: In Tzuchou County over 60 small coal mines are now in production. Example: Tzuchou County Revolutionary Committee and people's armed forces department have made big efforts to develop broadcasting.
Word: Qingjian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清澗 /清涧. 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Each time that General Liu Chih-tan arrived in a place, he always opened out his maps and studied them carefully. Then he would look for villagers to talk to, asking them about this and about that. In 1934, he led a part of the Northern Shensi Red Army, stationing them at Hua-an Monastery in Ch'ing-chien County. The chief of the food ministry in Ch’ing-chien County also lived in the village. Example: When this poem was written, Mao Zedong stayed in Yuanjiagou of the Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province, planning to lead the Red Army in making an eastern journey to the Anti-Japanese War front at Hebei Province.
Word: Suide Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 綏德 /绥德 (Suídé). 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Comrade Huo Wei-te, vice chairman of the Shantung provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, died of illness on 14 June 1977 in Tsinan at the age of 76 despite medical treatment. Comrade Huo Wei-te was from a poor peasant family of (Leichiakuang) village of the (Chunghsiao) commune in Suite County, Shensi Province. Example: During this debacle, Wei was probably out of harm’s way to the north of the city in Sui-chou, the modern Sui-te county, Shensi ("Composed in Sui-chou”).
Word: Wubu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吳堡 /吴堡 (Wúbǔ). 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: According to an investigation made in Wubu County of Henan Province, the average per capita cash holdings of commune members in the countryside were 10.14 yuan at the end of 1978, 13.98 yuan at the end of 1979, and 20.59 yuan in 1980. In other words, over a 3-year period, the amount increased by over 100 percent. Example: The flux of a flood peak at the Wubu Hydrologic Station in Wubu county of Shaanxi's city of Yulin reached 10,600 cubic meters per second at 1 p.m. Friday, marking the highest level since 1989, the headquarters said.
Word: Mizhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 米脂 (Mǐzhī). 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Mizhi County, with a population of about 223,000, according to recent government figures, is a major cultural center in Shaanxi Province. It is said to be the birthplace of Diao Chan, a mythical figure who is known as one of the four legendary beauties of ancient China. Example: Zhao Zewei, 28, is accused of attacking 19 students near a middle school in Mizhi county in China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi on April 27, the agency said.
Word: Yuyang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 榆陽 /榆阳 (Yúyáng). 1. A district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Yuyang District of Yulin City is located in the northern part of Shaanxi Province. It has a land of 7,035 square kilometers and a population of 320,000. Example: Yuyang District is located in northern Shaanxi Province where the Maowusu Desert and Loess Plateau meet along the upper reaches of the Wuding River. It is named after the fact that elm was widely planted along this ancient border area. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of Yulin Municipality.
Word: Yuyang Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Youyang, Chongqing Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Liu Jen was born in Yuyang County, Szechwan Province, in 1909.
Word: Shenmu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 神木 (Shénmù). 1. A county-level city of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: In Shenmu County, Shensi Province in the north-western part of China, a medical school for barefoot doctors offers a two year programme. Example: Two tao with three and five perforations, respectively, made of black jade, were found at the site of Shih-mao in Shensi, Yü-lin District, Shen-mu County. Their total lengths are 49 and 55 centimeters.⁴⁷
Word: Fugu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 府谷 (Fǔgǔ). 1. A county of Yulin, Shaanxi, China. Example: Owing to soil erosion, some farmland has become totally barren. In Chenjiagedu Village, Fugu county, Shanxi^([sic – meaning Shaanxi]) Province, since all farmland was lost, the local people were obliged to travel several kilometers for fertile soil. Example: The explosion occurred in the afternoon in Xinmin, a town in Fugu County, Shaanxi Province, and by early Tuesday rescuers had counted 147 wounded, 113 of whom had been hospitalized, according to Xinhua, the main state news agency.
Word: Tianzhen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 天鎮 /天镇. 1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: On August 27th the Court crossed the Shansi border, and spent the night at T'ien-chen hsien. The local Magistrate, a Manchu, had committed suicide after hearing of the fall of Mukden and other Manchurian cities; and the town was in a condition of ruinous disorder. Example: Recently in Tienchen County, the Kweichow Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Bureau convened a forum on rice cultivation, attended by responsible cadres of the agricultural bureaus of a number of regions, autonomous chou and counties and persons concerned, together with a number of poor and lower-middle peasants.
Word: Yanggao Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陽高 /阳高. 1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: (Chao Chin-chai), deputy secretary of the Yangkao County CCP Committee, in his speech said that although in the past few years, Yangkao County had made some progress in learning from Tachai, it was not outstanding. There had been no great change in the features of Yangkao County because the county CCP committee had not worked hard on revolutionization. Example: At the time of writing this introduction, he had just concluded a trip to Shanxi where he studied an anthropological site at Xujiayao, Yangkao County.
Word: Guangling Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣陵 /广陵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive tomb”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡwæŋlɪŋ/, /ˈɡwɑŋlɪŋ/ 1. A former commandery of China. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of Yangzhou, the seat of the commandery's government. Labels: historical 3. A district of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Word: Guangling Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣靈 /广灵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive spirit”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡwæŋlɪŋ/, /ˈɡwɑŋlɪŋ/ 1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: The coalfields of Mentoukou and Chaitang, in the Western Hills of Peking, of Yuhsien, Yangyuan, and Hsuanhua in south-western Chahar, and of Kuangling and Tatung in northern Shansi are among the best known for their valuable Jurassic coal. Example: The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.
Word: Lingqiu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靈邱 /靈丘 /灵丘. Pronunciation: /(ˈ)lɪŋˈtʃu/ 1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: In 1948 a report was published to show the usefulness of special organizations for women. It said that in the winter of 1947 several defunct organizations for women had been abolished in Lingqiu county, Shanxi, and at the beginning of mobilizing for land reform no distinction had been made between men and women, who all joined the New Peasants’ Association and the Poor Peasants' League. Example: Aerial photo taken on Feb. 25, 2021 shows villagers rehearsing dragon dance in Andi Village, Lingqiu County, north China's Shanxi Province. Performing dragon and lion dance during the first month of the lunar year is a century-long tradition in Andi Village. Last year, this folk activity was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the Culture and Tourism Bureau of Datong City organized a "Village Gala" to promote local folk activities on the internet. Andi Village's tradition performance was selected in the event.
Word: Hunyuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 渾源 /浑源 (Húnyuán). 1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: To help the people this spring, Tls. 20,000 have been set apart by the government, and 14,000 piculs of grain taken from Hunyuan and other places. Example: Hunyuan at the foot of Heng Shan is a pleasant place to stay over for a while in.
Word: Yunzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 雲州 /云州 (Yúnzhōu). 1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: Xi made the remarks while visiting an organic daylily farm in Yunzhou District of Datong City on Monday afternoon during an inspection tour of north China's Shanxi Province. Example: Huang (2020) reported that degraded poplar forests were transitioned to Rhus Typhina and Forsythia suspensa landscape forests and Armeniaca vulgaris economic forest in the Yunzhou District of Datong City, Shanxi Province.
Word: Pingcheng Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 平城 (Píngchéng). Pronunciation: /pɪŋ.t͡ʃɛŋ/, /-t͡ʃʌŋ/ 1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: The founder of the Han dynasty, the emperor Kao-ti, hastened to the scene, drove back the Hsiung-nu, but was then blockaded by them on the Paiteng plateau near Pingcheng, in the present-day district of Tatung, on the frontiers of Shansi. Example: Located about 250 kilometers west of Beijing, Datong is a small city by Chinese standards: Currently, Pingcheng District, which covers most of Datong proper, has 807,000 residents. But the city’s people could take pride in Datong’s rich coal seams and richer history.
Word: Yungang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 雲岡 /云冈 (Yúngāng). 1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: Objective: To investigate the current situation of medicinal plant resources in Yungang District, Datong City, Shanxi Province; To provide basis for the sustainable utilization of medicinal plant resources in this area. Methods: Guided by the technical specifications of the fourth survey of TCM resources in Shanxi Province, the resources of medicinal plants in Yungang District were surveyed and statistically analyzed by combining traditional field investigation with modern technology.[…]Conclusion: There are relatively few kinds of TCM resources in Yungang District, and the planting industry of Chinese materia medica gradually degenerates. Example: Recently, there have been clusters of COVID-19 cases in China, with high risk of community transmission and outdiffusion. Sporadic cases appeared in Taigu District (Jinzhong City), Xinfu District (Xinzhou City) and Jiancaoping District (Taiyuan City) following Jishan County (Yuncheng City) and Yungang District (Datong City).
Word: Xinrong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新榮／新荣. 1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China. Example: The number of high-risk counties in Shanxi Province increased from zero in 2004 to two in 2010. The most notable change was that the EB smoothed incidence rate in Xinrong District increased from 0.9 to 88.1 cases/100 000 people between 2004 and 2010. Example: Driven by the rural revitalization strategy, the number of poor people in China has been reduced year by year and people are living a richer life. With the joint efforts of all parties, the poverty alleviation work in Xinrong District has been fruitful.[…]Xinrong District is located in Datong City, Shanxi Province, with a total area of 1091.27 square kilometers and a total population of 118,000 people.