Changyuan
English edit
Etymology edit
From Mandarin 長垣/长垣 (Chángyuán).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Changyuan
- A county of Xinxiang, Henan, China.
- 2007 April 7, “Want a promotion? Treat mum well says China county”, in Reuters[3], archived from the original on 02 April 2023, Oddly Enough[4]:
- A county in central China plans in-depth checks on how its officials’ treat their parents, with those who are nice to their mum and dad first in line for promotion, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
Up to 500 family members, friends, colleagues and neighbours will be grilled by special investigators about the behaviour of each official from Changyuan county, including their family values and any drinking or gambling habits, the report said.
Translations edit
county-level city
References edit
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Changyüan or Ch’ang-yüan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 370, column 3
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Changyuan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 726, column 3