Zhicheng
English
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editPronunciation
edit- enPR: jûʹchǔngʹ
Etymology 1
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 枝城 (Zhīchéng).
Proper noun
editZhicheng
- A town in Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China.
- 1992 May 12 [1992 February 22], Jianrong [3695 1696 2837] Di, “A Study of the Civil Defense Issue”, in JPRS Report Science and Technology China: S&T Policy[1], numbers 92-009, page 52, column 1:
- The second finding was that from the point where the Chang Jiang leaves the gorges to below Zhicheng in Hubei, the river widens allowing the river bed to release a large volume of water.
- 2010, Peter Tonkin, Red River[2] (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 12:
- He glanced across at Robin. Bright blue gaze locking with thoughtful grey. ‘Heading this way at fifty mph or so. But what we really need is news from Zhicheng.’ His finger moved the equivalent of five hundred miles upriver towards the Three Gorges. ‘Whatever is coming down on Anquing, at least three times more will be coming down on there.’
‘Zhicheng,’ answered Daniel. ‘It’s the next city downriver from the dam.’
- 2019 March 5, Keoni Everington, “Chinese woman dies after being dumped by loader into sand crusher”, in Taiwan News[3], archived from the original on March 5, 2019:
- Video has surfaced on Weibo of a woman inspecting earthmovers in a ceramics factory at 9:44 a.m. on Feb. 24 in Zhicheng Township of Yidu City, according to a netizen who posted the video.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zhicheng.
Translations
edittown in central China
Further reading
edit- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Zhicheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3564, column 2
Etymology 2
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 軹城/轵城 (Zhǐchéng).
Proper noun
editZhicheng
- A town in Jiyuan, Henan, China.
- 2009, Stephen Songsheng Chen, Red Circle: China and Me, 1949-2009[6], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 118, 301:
- Both Taiming and Taiqing were born in Zhicheng, about 10 kilometers from Yanmen.[...] After Japan surrendered, he returned to his hometown, Zhicheng.[...]
The train got us as far as Zhicheng. There a big group of relatives awaited us at the station.[...]It was a distance of about a dozen kilometers from Zhicheng to Yanmen. A two-wheel pushcart was prepared for my parents and our luggage.
- 2009, Caixia Tian, Yanli Li, “Study on Characteristics and Treatment Technology for JiYuan Landfill Leachate”, in Memoirs of the Muroran Institute of Technology, volume 59, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 125, column 2:
- 2.1 Source of leachate
Jiyuan landfill exists at Zaoshu ridge, Zhicheng town, Jiyuan city, which is 10km from Jiyuan city, and area is about 1,200,000 m².
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Zhicheng.
Translations
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