Anxin

See also: ăn xin, ānxīn, and Ānxīn

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 安新 (Ānxīn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːnˈʃiːn/

Proper noun

Anxin

1. A county of Xiong'an, Baoding, Hebei, China.
   • [1971 August, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East‎^[1], volume 3, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →OCLC, page A-2:

     After studying "On practice", "Where do correct ideas come from?" and other brilliant works by Chairman Mao, the PLA cadres engaged in the work of "three supports and two militaries" (i.e. support the broad masses of the Left, support industry, support agriculture, military control, and political and military training) in Anhsin County, Hopei Province, came to understand that to uphold the materialist theory of reflection and oppose idealist apriorism, it was necessary to conscientiously make investigations and study in […]]

   • 2017 April 12, Yawen Chen, Elias Glenn, David Stanway, “Xi stamp of approval fuels frenzied hopes for new China economic zone”, in Tony Munroe, Will Waterman, editors, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 April 2017, Emerging Markets‎^[3]:

     Xi himself visited Anxin county in late February, which only became public when China announced plans for Xiongan on April 1. […]
     Not everyone in Anxin is cheered by the prospect.
     An Anxin restaurant owner in her 50s surnamed Liu said she checks social media constantly for updates, as she fears being forced out of the spacious villa built on her farmland.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安新 (zh) (Ānxīn)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Anxin”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155, column 1